Ambassador Collection (#7)

India, West Bengal, Kolkata, Calcutta, Yellow ambassador taxis outside Howrah train station

Carriage of the Turkish Ambassador, opening of Parliament
Carriage of the Turkish Ambassador, procession to the House of Lords for the Opening of Parliament, London, The Chronicles of Merry England. Date: 1854

Prince Metternich, Austrian ambassador to France
Prince Richard von Metternich (1829-1895), Austrian ambassador to France. Date: circa 1850s

Princess Pauline von Metternich, Austrian socialite
Princess Pauline von Metternich (nee Countess Pauline Sandor de Szlavnicza, 1836-1921), Austrian socialite. She married her uncle, Prince Richard von Metternich, Austrian ambassador to France

Turkey. Constantinople. Dinner for a European ambassador
Turkey. Constantinople (Today Istanbul). Dinner for a European ambassador at the Grand Vizier's court, in the imperial Council chamber, around year 1788

Topkapi Palace. Audience of a European ambassador, 1788
Turkey. Constantinople (Today Istanbul). Topkapi Palace. Audience Chamber. Audience of a European ambassador, 1788. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Madame Sze
A portrait oil painting of Madame Sze, the wife of prominent Chinese politician, Alfred Sao-Ke Sze, who served as Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom and United States at various periods

Luis de Requesens y Zuniga (1528-1576). Spanish military, poltician and diplomat. Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1572-1573) and the Netherlands (1573-1576). Portrait, detail. Illustration by Llanta

Persia, Tehran. Palace of the British envoy. Engraving
Persia, Tehran. Palace of the British envoy. Interior courtyard. Engraving. Panorama Universal. History of Persia, 1851. Date: 2018

The Secretary of State for War in Paris
British Secretary of State for War Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893-1957) attending a banquet of the Franco-British Association in Paris

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Inauguration of the Caldetes summer camp, ceremony presided by the Mexican ambassador Alberto Tejada (30th May 1938). SPAIN. Madrid

Hayashi Misao
Viscountess Hayashi, later Countess Hayashi (1858 - 1942), Japanese noblewoman and wife of Hayashi Tadasu, the first Japanese ambassador in London. Date: 1902

Adlai Stevenson, American Democratic Party politician
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965), American politician, member of the Democratic Party. He ran for President in 1952 and 1956, but was defeated by Dwight D Eisenhower (Republican) both times

Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan with Ernesto Che Guevara
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet politician under Stalin and Khrushchev. He made key trips as an international diplomat to Communist Cuba and to the USA

Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan, Russian Soviet politician
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet politician under Stalin and Khrushchev. He made key trips as an international diplomat to Communist Cuba and to the USA

REGULUS RETURNS
After failing to agree peace terms in Rome, Roman ambassador Atilius Regulus returns to Carthage as he promised, though this means certain death. Date: 255 BCE

TURKISH AMBASSADOR 1721
Yirmisekiz Mehmed Celebi Efendi (c. 1670?1732), (Mehmed Efendi or Mehemet Effendi), special ambassador from the Sultan of Turkey to the court of Louis XV in France. Date: 1721

Tapestry, Three Scenes from the Trojan War, or Ulysses and Diomedes as Ambassadors at the Court of King Priam
3576120 Tapestry, Three Scenes from the Trojan War, or Ulysses and Diomedes as Ambassadors at the Court of King Priam, Claiming the Return of Helen, made in Tournai, 1470-80 (silk) by Belgian School

Dinner at the palace in honour of an ambassador, 1725 (oil on canvas)
3042738 Dinner at the palace in honour of an ambassador, 1725 (oil on canvas) by Vanmour, Jean Baptiste (1671-1737); 90x121 cm; Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Hugo Eckner confers with president
2909938 Hugo Eckner confers with president by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); (add.info.: Hugo Eckner confers with president. Washington, D.C. May 20. Dr)

Sultan Ahmed III receiving a European ambassador, c. 1725 (oil on canvas)
3042739 Sultan Ahmed III receiving a European ambassador, c.1725 (oil on canvas) by Vanmour, Jean Baptiste (1671-1737); Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey; Photo © Stefano Baldini

The ambassadorial procession, 1725 (oil on canvas)
3042736 The ambassadorial procession, 1725 (oil on canvas) by Vanmour, Jean Baptiste (1671-1737); 88x120 cm; Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey; Photo © Stefano Baldini

The daughter of the English ambassador riding in a palanquin, 1896 (oil on canvas)
3042744 The daughter of the English ambassador riding in a palanquin, 1896 (oil on canvas) by Zonaro, Fausto (1854-1929); 49x77 cm; Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey; Photo © Stefano Baldini

The ambassadorial procession (oil on canvas)
3042742 The ambassadorial procession (oil on canvas) by Turkish School, (18th century); 126x239 cm; Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Yusuf Agah Efendi, 1794-96 (oil on canvas)
3042741 Yusuf Agah Efendi, 1794-96 (oil on canvas) by Breda, Carl Frederick von (1799-1818); 240x148 cm; Pera Museum, Istanbul

The ambassadorial delegation passing through the second courtyard of the Topkapi Palace, 1725 (oil on canvas)
3042737 The ambassadorial delegation passing through the second courtyard of the Topkapi Palace, 1725 (oil on canvas) by Vanmour, Jean Baptiste (1671-1737); 90x121 cm; Pera Museum, Istanbul

Kozbekci Mustafa Aga and his retinue, c. 1727 (oil on canvas)
3042735 Kozbekci Mustafa Aga and his retinue, c.1727 (oil on canvas) by Schroeder, George Engelhardt (1684-1750); 227x140 cm; Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey; (add.info.: Kozbekci Mustafa Ağa)

Hugo Eckner and Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff leaving the White House, 1938 (b/w photo)
5974325 Hugo Eckner and Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff leaving the White House, 1938 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Foreign Office Dispatch bag, sealed and addressed to the British Ambassador at Constantinople
745816 A Foreign Office Dispatch bag, sealed and addressed to the British Ambassador at Constantinople, ready for delivery to a Queen's Foreign Service Messenger

Le Chancelier de l'Hospital
3783226 Le Chancelier de l'Hospital; (add.info.: Michel de l'Hospital. Ambassador at the Council of Trent, Superintendent of Finance and finally chancellor of France. 1505-1573)

The American Legation, Yokohama, c. 1880 (hand-tinted albumen print)
7298833 The American Legation, Yokohama, c.1880 (hand-tinted albumen print) by Japanese School, (19th century); 20.2x26 cm; Syracuse University Art Museum, New York

Lewis Cass of Michigan, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Lewis Cass of Mich. between 1855 and 1865. [Military officer, politician: brigadier general in the War of 1812; Secretary of State; Territorial Governor of Michigan; Ambassador to France]

Wayne MacVeagh, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Wayne MacVeagh, 1865-1880. MacVeagh, Hon. Wayne Atty-General, between 1865 and 1880. [Lawyer, politician, diplomat and Union Army soldier

Aaron Augustus Sargent of California, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Aaron Augustus Sargent of California, 1865-1880. Sargent, Hon. Aaron Augustus of California, between 1865 and 1880. [Journalist, lawyer

M. K. LeMemea of Samoa, 1877-1878. Creator: Unknown
M.K. LeMemea of Samoa, 1877-1878. LeMemea, Hon. M.K. Embassador [sic] from Samoa Islands, 1877 or 1878

Lambert Tree, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Lambert Tree, 1865-1880. Tree, Hon. Lambert, between 1865 and 1880. [Judge, ambassador, and patron of the arts]

Thomas Francis Bayard of Illinois, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard of Ill, between 1860 and 1875. [Lawyer, politician and diplomat: US Ambassador to the United Kingdom]

Samuel S. Cox of New York, between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Hon. S.S. Cox of New York, between 1860 and 1875

Aaron Augustus Sargent of California, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Aaron Augustus Sargent of California, between 1860 and 1875. [Journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat: introduced what became the 19th Amendment to the U.S

Powell Clayton of Arkansas, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Powell Clayton of Arkansas, between 1860 and 1875. [Colonel in the 5th Kansas Cavalry Regiment, Union Army; politician, diplomat, and businessman; governor of Arkansas; US Ambassador to Mexico]

William Randall Roberts of New York, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Wm. Randall Roberts of N.Y. between 1860 and 1875. [Irish-American politician, diplomat: US Ambassador to Chile; member of the Fenian Brotherhood]

Portrait of Don Antonio Emanuel Marchio de Wnth, Ambassador to the King of the Congo, ... ca. 1608
Portrait of Don Antonio Emanuel Marchio de Wnth, Ambassador to the King of the Congo, ca. 1608

Hernando Cortes Ambassador Receiving Mexican Indians in Tlaxcala, 19th century (oil on panel)
IND113593 Hernando Cortes Ambassador Receiving Mexican Indians in Tlaxcala, 19th century (oil on panel) by Spanish School, (19th century); Museo de America, Madrid

Isabella, Queen of England, is welcomed at the gates of Paris by her brother King Charles IV of France
IND364429 Isabella, Queen of England, is welcomed at the gates of Paris by her brother King Charles IV of France, from the manuscript Chroniques (facsimile edition)

The Sudden Death of Count Nicola Muraview, Foreign Minister in Petersburg (colour litho)
2798326 The Sudden Death of Count Nicola Muraview, Foreign Minister in Petersburg (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Daniels, Secty. J. between 1890 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Daniels, Secty. J. between 1890 and 1910

Porter, General Horace, U. S. A. between 1870 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Porter, General Horace, U.S.A. between 1870 and 1880

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