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Diplomat Collection (#2)

"Diplomats: Masters of Negotiation and Bridge Builders of Nations" From Eleanor Roosevelt to Sir Richard Francis Burton, from Lord Dufferin to Benjamin Franklin

Background imageDiplomat Collection: President Taft, Sec'y Knox at home of Ansley Wilcox, Buffalo, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

President Taft, Sec'y Knox at home of Ansley Wilcox, Buffalo, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
President Taft, Secretary Knox at home of Ansley Wilcox, Buffalo, 1910. Shows people including President Taft, United States Secretary of State Philander C

Background imageDiplomat Collection: C. Hardinge, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

C. Hardinge, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
C. Hardinge, 1911. Sir Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858-1944), British diplomat, statesman and Viceroy of India from 1910 to 1916.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: John Bigelow, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

John Bigelow, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
John Bigelow, 1911.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Gen. Dan. Sickles in wheelchair, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Dan. Sickles in wheelchair, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Dan. Sickles in wheelchair, 1912.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: John Bigelow, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

John Bigelow, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
John Bigelow, 1910.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: A.P. Moore, who just married Lillian Russell, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

A.P. Moore, who just married Lillian Russell, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
A.P. Moore, who just married Lillian Russell, 1912.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Juan Riano, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Juan Riano, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Juan Riano, 1910.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Jos. Choate, portrait bust, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Jos. Choate, portrait bust, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Jos. Choate, portrait bust, 1910.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: von Aehrenthal, cameo portrait, in uniform, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

von Aehrenthal, cameo portrait, in uniform, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
von Aehrenthal, cameo portrait, in uniform, 1910.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: C.S. Francis, cameo portrait, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

C.S. Francis, cameo portrait, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
C.S. Francis, cameo portrait, 1910.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Sir J.N. Jordan, British Minister to China, portrait, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Sir J.N. Jordan, British Minister to China, portrait, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir J.N. Jordan, British Minister to China, portrait, 1912.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Sir F.L. Bertie, portrait bust, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Sir F.L. Bertie, portrait bust, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir F.L. Bertie, portrait bust, 1918.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Ali Rustem Bey, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Ali Rustem Bey, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Ali Rustem Bey, 1914. Ahmet Rustem Bey (1862-1934) who was the Turkish ambassador to the United States from June to October, 1914, on a boat with a reporter.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Sir George & Lady Reid, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sir George & Lady Reid, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir George & Lady Reid, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Australian politician Sir George Houstoun Reid (1845-1918) and Lady Reid.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Count Moltke, wife and child, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Count Moltke, wife and child, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Count Moltke, wife and child, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Austria - Army Commissary Train, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Austria - Army Commissary Train, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austria - Army Commissary Train, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Joseph E. Davies, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Joseph E. Davies, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Joseph E. Davies, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Joseph E. Davies (1876-1958) who was appointed by President Wilson to be Commissioner of Corporations in 1912.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Josephus Daniel's Family, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Josephus Daniel's Family, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Josephus Daniel's Family, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Consul Kirchknopf, Hilmi Pacha, De Giers, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Consul Kirchknopf, Hilmi Pacha, De Giers, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Consul Kirchknopf, Hilmi Pacha, De Giers, 1912. Shows diplomats from Turkey (Huseyin Hilmi Pasha), Russia (Mikhail Nikolayevich von Giers)

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Menasseh ben Israel, 1636. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

Menasseh ben Israel, 1636. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Menasseh ben Israel, 1636. Manoel Dias Soeiro (1604-57), better known by his Hebrew name Menasseh/ Manasseh ben Israel also, Menasheh ben Yossef ben Yisrael, was a Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Mr. Straus, Mrs. T. Woodruff, and Mary Condon, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Mr. Straus, Mrs. T. Woodruff, and Mary Condon, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mr. Straus, Mrs. T. Woodruff, and Mary Condon, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Roger Williams Straus, Sr. (1891-1957) and others

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Oscar Straus at B. Cochran's [i.e., Cockran], 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Oscar Straus at B. Cochran's [i.e., Cockran], 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Oscar Straus at B. Cochran's [i.e., Cockran], 1912. Shows Oscar Straus (1850-1926), Bull Moose Party candidate for governor of New York in 1912; shaking hands with Mrs. B

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Amb. Myron T. Herrick & wife, between 1912 and 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Amb. Myron T. Herrick & wife, between 1912 and 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Amb. Myron T. Herrick & wife Carolyn M. Parmely Herrick, between 1912 and 1914. Shows Myron T. Herrick (1854-1929), American ambassador to France 1912-14.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Gen. Powell Clayton, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Powell Clayton, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Powell Clayton, 1912. 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: John Hays Hammond, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

John Hays Hammond, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
John Hays Hammond, between c1910 and c1915. Shows mining engineer, diplomat, and philanthropist John Hays Hammond (1855-1936).

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Straus, L.L. Bonheur, O. Straus, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Straus, L.L. Bonheur, O. Straus, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Straus, L.L. Bonheur, O. Straus, 1912. Shows Lucien Laurent Bonheur (b. 1864) and Oscar Straus (1850-1926), Bull Moose Party candidate for governor of New York in 1912; at the country home of

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Sir Geo. Reid - Mrs. Oliver T. Johnston, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sir Geo. Reid - Mrs. Oliver T. Johnston, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir Geo. Reid - Mrs. Oliver T. Johnston, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Australian politician Sir George Houstoun Reid (1845-1918) and probably daughter-in-law, Mrs. Oliver Templeton Johnson.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Sir Geo. Reid, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sir Geo. Reid, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir Geo. Reid, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Australian politician Sir George Houstoun Reid (1845-1918).

Background imageDiplomat Collection: H.L. Wilson, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

H.L. Wilson, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
H.L. Wilson, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Henry Lane Wilson (1857-1932) who served as the United States Ambassador to Mexico in 1909-1913).

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Stephen Pichon, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Stephen Pichon, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Stephen Pichon, 1919. Shows French politician Stephen-Jean-Marie Pichon (1857-1933).

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Elkus and Morgenthau, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Elkus and Morgenthau, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Elkus and Morgenthau, 1916. Shows U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Abram I. Elkus (1867-1947), shaking hands with former ambassador Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946).

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Rabasa [and] Rodriguez, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Rabasa [and] Rodriguez, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Rabasa [and] Rodriguez, 1914. Shows Mexican delegates to the Niagara Peace Conference of 1914 including Mexican writer and diplomat Jose´ Emilo Rabasa Estebannell (1856-1930) and Agustin Rodriguez.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Pres. of Panama -- Dr. B. Porras, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Pres. of Panama -- Dr. B. Porras, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Pres. of Panama -- Dr. B. Porras, 1914. Shows Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942), a Panamanian politician who served as President of Panama.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: L.L. Bonheur; Mrs. Cochran [i.e., Cockran]; O. Straus & wife; Mrs. T. Roosevelt, Jr..., 1912

L.L. Bonheur; Mrs. Cochran [i.e., Cockran]; O. Straus & wife; Mrs. T. Roosevelt, Jr..., 1912
L.L. Bonheur; Mrs. Cochran [i.e., Cockran]; O. Straus & wife; Mrs. T. Roosevelt, Jr.; B. Cochran [i.e., Cockran], 1912. Shows Lucien Laurent Bonheur (b)

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, between c1910 and c1915. Shows English diplomat Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice (1859-1918), who was the British Ambassador to the United States from 1913 to 1918.

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Admiral King's visit to the King of Siam at Bangkok: procession...to the Palace, 1865

Admiral King's visit to the King of Siam at Bangkok: procession...to the Palace, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Admiral King's visit to the King of Siam at Bangkok: procession from the royal landing place to the Palace, 1865. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. R

Background imageDiplomat Collection: The Court at Buckingham Palace on Saturday last: arrival of the foreign ambassadors, 1864

The Court at Buckingham Palace on Saturday last: arrival of the foreign ambassadors, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Court at Buckingham Palace on Saturday last: arrival of the foreign ambassadors, 1864. 'As a memorial of the occasion, last Saturday, when our Queen, to the gratification of all her people

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Landing of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., at Yokohama, Japan, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Landing of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., at Yokohama, Japan, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Landing of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., at Yokohama, Japan, 1864. Engraving of '...a sketch by Mr. Wirgman, our Special Artist, which...represents the landing of Sir Rutherford Alcock

Background imageDiplomat Collection: The Ambassadors from Madagascar, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The Ambassadors from Madagascar, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Ambassadors from Madagascar, 1864. Engraving from carte-de-visite photographs by M. Chambay. 'Their Excellencies Rainandrianandraina and Rainiferingia

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Lieutenant-Colonel Edward St. John Neale, C.B., the British Chargé d'Affaires in Japan, 1864

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward St. John Neale, C.B., the British Chargé d'Affaires in Japan, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward St. John Neale, C.B., the British Charge d'Affaires in Japan, 1864. 'Colonel Neale...has just brought our differences with the Japanese authorities to a satisfactory

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Francesco Guicciardini, 1891 (engraving)

Francesco Guicciardini, 1891 (engraving)
8766895 Francesco Guicciardini, 1891 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1483-1540, Francesco Guicciardini, italian diplomat and statesman, philosopher, writer and historian from Florence)

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzman

Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzman
6266140 Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzman, ; (add.info.: Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzman, 3rd Count of Penaranda, c. 1595-1676. Spanish diplomat and statesman)

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus, 1817 - 1904

Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus, 1817 - 1904
3062100 Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus, 1817 - 1904.; Private Collection; (add.info.: British diplomat and colonial administrator, 15th Governor of New South Wales)

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, diplomat and humanitarian (coloured photo)

Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, diplomat and humanitarian (coloured photo)
8655488 Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, diplomat and humanitarian (coloured photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930)

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Johann Rudolf Wettstein, Swiss diplomat and Mayor of Basel (engraving)

Johann Rudolf Wettstein, Swiss diplomat and Mayor of Basel (engraving)
8673133 Johann Rudolf Wettstein, Swiss diplomat and Mayor of Basel (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Rudolf Wettstein (1594-1666)

Background imageDiplomat Collection: 8626351

8626351

Background imageDiplomat Collection: 8626320

8626320

Background imageDiplomat Collection: Edward Everett, American politician and diplomat (engraving)

Edward Everett, American politician and diplomat (engraving)
8676940 Edward Everett, American politician and diplomat (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Everett (1794-1865), American politician and diplomat




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"Diplomats: Masters of Negotiation and Bridge Builders of Nations" From Eleanor Roosevelt to Sir Richard Francis Burton, from Lord Dufferin to Benjamin Franklin, diplomats have played a pivotal role in shaping the course of history. These individuals, with their diverse backgrounds and remarkable accomplishments, exemplify the essence of diplomacy. Eleanor Roosevelt, known as the First Lady of the World, used her position to advocate for human rights on a global scale. Her tireless efforts paved the way for significant advancements in international relations. Sir Richard Francis Burton's adventurous spirit led him to explore uncharted territories and immerse himself in different cultures. As a diplomat, his experiences provided invaluable insights into foreign lands. Lord Dufferin's tenure as Viceroy of India showcased his diplomatic finesse in managing complex colonial relationships while promoting economic development and social reforms. Benjamin Franklin's multifaceted genius encompassed printing, publishing, science, invention, statesmanship - and diplomacy. His contributions during America's formative years laid the foundation for its future as a respected nation. Frederick I Barbarossa Holy Roman Emperor utilized diplomacy alongside military might during his reign. He sought alliances across Europe to consolidate power and maintain stability within his empire. In an era when imperialism prevailed, Lord Kitchener recognized the importance of cultural understanding by making presentations to Indian troopers. This gesture fostered mutual respect between nations amidst turbulent times. Sir Henry Neville's diplomatic skills were put to test during England's political intrigues. His ability to navigate treacherous waters ensured stability within Elizabethan society. Thomas Wyatt/Holbein epitomized Renaissance diplomacy through poetry that transcended borders. His words served as bridges between nations despite political tensions. Fridtjof Nansen combined exploration with scientific research while advocating for humanitarian causes. As a diplomat representing Norway internationally, he worked tirelessly towards peace-building efforts post-World War I.