Diplomat Collection (#5)

Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Prince of France, diplomat and uncle to Napoleon 1763-1839
FLO4572737 Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Prince of France, diplomat and uncle to Napoleon 1763-1839. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France

Portrait of Vincent, Count Benedetti, 1870
1575649 Portrait of Vincent, Count Benedetti, 1870; (add.info.: Engraving of Vincent, Count Benedetti (1817-1900) a French diplomat

Horace Sebastiani de La Porta, 1832 (litho)
1574746 Horace Sebastiani de La Porta, 1832 (litho); (add.info.: Horace Sebastiani de La Porta (1771-1851) French soldier, politician and diplomat

Anne Jean Marie Rene Savary, 1st Dic de Rovigo, 1832 (litho)
1574733 Anne Jean Marie Rene Savary, 1st Dic de Rovigo, 1832 (litho); (add.info.: Anne Jean Marie Rene Savary, 1st Dic de Rovigo (1774-1833) French soldier and diplomat

James Russell Lowell, poet
672747 James Russell Lowell, poet; (add.info.: James Russell Lowell - engraving James Russell Lowell (22 February 1819 - 12 August 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat

Aleksander Borejko Chod?ko, 1885
1577146 Aleksander Borejko Chod?ko, 1885; (add.info.: Aleksander Borejko Chod?ko (1804 - 1891) was a Polish poet, Slavist, and Iranologist

John Quincy Adams, 1829
1577080 John Quincy Adams, 1829; (add.info.: Portrait of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States

Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, British statesman (engraving)
8631289 Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, British statesman (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Granville Leveson-Gower)

Harold Nicholson (b/w photo)
8641375 Harold Nicholson (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harold Nicholson. Illustration for The Great War)

Enrico Cialdini, Duke of Gaeta, Italian soldier and politician (engraving)
8677116 Enrico Cialdini, Duke of Gaeta, Italian soldier and politician (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Enrico Cialdini, Duke of Gaeta (1811-1892)

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, British Viceroy and Governor-General of India (engraving)
8677152 James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, British Viceroy and Governor-General of India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin)

Klemens von Metternich, Austrian statesman and diplomat (engraving)
8676813 Klemens von Metternich, Austrian statesman and diplomat (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859)

Philipp von Brunnow, Russian diplomat (engraving)
8676812 Philipp von Brunnow, Russian diplomat (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Philipp von Brunnow (1797-1875), Russian diplomat, Russian diplomat

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (engraving)
863520 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (engraving); (add.info.: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, prince of Benevento (-1838) French diplomat and statesman

Military diploma of the soldier Valerius Clemens, of the Egyptian army, granted by the emperor Galerius
AIS5384903 Military diploma of the soldier Valerius Clemens, of the Egyptian army, granted by the emperor Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) (250-311)

William Caxton announcing his printing press business at Westminster Abbey
3329863 William Caxton announcing his printing press business at Westminster Abbey; (add.info.: Engraving of William Caxton announcing his printing press business at Westminster Abbey)

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, 1832 (engraving)
1574721 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, 1832 (engraving); (add.info.: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (-1838) usually known as Talleyrand

Portrait of Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps (1805-1894), called "the great French", diplomat and entrepreneur
NWI4949218 Portrait of Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps (1805-1894), called "the great French", diplomat and entrepreneur, he is the main promoter of the Suez Canal

Marco Polo, 1903 (engraving)
BAL34666 Marco Polo, 1903 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: frontispiece from The Book of Ser Marco Polo, ed. Yule, pub. 1903)

Portrait of Marco Polo, 1857 (engraving)
FGL5476103 Portrait of Marco Polo, 1857 (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Venetian traveler Marco Polo (1254-1324), colourful engraving from 1857 from a painting.); Fototeca Gilardi

Portrait of Marco Polo, 1885 (engraving)
ELD4932331 Portrait of Marco Polo, 1885 (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of the Venetian traveler Marco Polo (1254-1324) Engraving from "History of the world" by Ridpath 1885 Private

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: Kongens-Nytorf, at Copenhagen, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: scene in the square of Kongens-Nytorf, at Copenhagen, 1864. The townspeople of Copenhagen were gratified with a sight of his Royal Highness

Walter Page, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Walter Page, between c1910 and c1915. Shows diplomat Walter Hines Page (1855-1918) who was appointed U.S. ambassador to Britain by President Woodrow Wilson

Carlos M. de Cespedes, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Carlos M. de Cespedes, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Cuban writer and diplomat arlos Manuel de Ce´spedes y Quesada (1871-1939), who served as the President of Cuba

Sir Esme W. Howard, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir Esme W. Howard, between c1915 and c1920

Portuguese Peace Com'n, 11 Jan 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Portuguese Peace Com'n, 11 Jan 1919. Portuguese representatives at the 1919 Peace Conference in Paris, France after World War I

Col. House's Office, Paris, 3 Dec 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. House's Office, Paris, 3 Dec 1918. The office of American diplomat Colonel Edward M. House (1858-1938) at 78 Rue de l'Universite, Paris, France

Joffre, Sharp, Pershing, Paris, July 4, 1917, 4 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Joffre, Sharp, Pershing, Paris, July 4, 1917, 4 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). French general Joseph Jacques Ce´saire Joffre (1852-1931), U.S

Baron Gros, the newly-appointed French Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Baron Gros, the newly-appointed French Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, 1862. Engraving of a photograph by M. Alophe, photographer to the Emperor

Sir Rutherford Alcock K.C.B. our Envoy Plenipotentiary in Japan... 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sir Rutherford Alcock K.C.B. our Envoy Plenipotentiary in Japan, from a photograph by F. Beato, of Yokohama, 1864. The opening of Japan to English commerce is a most beneficial achievement of

Reception of the King Consort of Spain at the Palace of St. Cloud, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Reception of the King Consort of Spain at the Palace of St. Cloud, 1864. The inauguration of the portion of the chemin de fer, opening up direct railway communication between Paris and Madrid

Oscar Straus, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Oscar Straus, May 1918. Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926), former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor appearing at a World War I Liberty Bond rally in front of Federal Hall, Wall Street, New York City

M.T. Herrick & Anne Morgan, (1918?). Creator: Bain News Service. M.T. Herrick & Anne Morgan, (1918?)
M.T. Herrick & Anne Morgan, (1918?). U.S. Ambassador Myron Timothy Herrick (1854-1929) and philanthropist Anne Tracy Morgan (1873-1952) standing together

Portrait of J C de Brunett, Consul-General of Russia to Amsterdam, c.1850. Creator: Anon
Portrait of J C de Brunett, Consul-General of Russia to Amsterdam, c.1850

Gaston Liebert, portrait photograph, 1919 May 27. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Gaston Liebert, portrait photograph, 1919 May 27. French diplomat Gaston Ernest Liebert, Consul-General in New York City

Gaston Liebert, portrait photograph, 1919 May 27. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Gaston Liebert, portrait photograph, 1919 May 27. French diplomat Gaston Ernest Liebert, Consul-General in New York City

Cardinal Mazarin, 1656. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Cardinal Mazarin, 1656

Pompone II de Bellièvre, 1657. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Pompone II de Bellievre, 1657

Turning the First Turf of the Ceylon Railway, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Turning the First Turf of the Ceylon Railway, 1858. Engraving from a photographs by Mr. Parting, of a ceremony performed...by his Excellency Sir Henry Ward, the Governor of the Island

Karl Gustav Löwenhielm, 1790-1858, 1856. Creator: Leopold Fertbauer
Karl Gustav Lowenhielm, 1790-1858, 1856

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Colonel Sandford delivering...a Catalogue...1876. Creator: Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Colonel Sandford delivering to President Grant a Catalogue of the British Department, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876

Henrik Fleming, 1584-1650. Creator: Jacob Heinrich Elbfas
Henrik Fleming, 1584-1650, Unknown date

Nils Gyldestolpe, 1642-1709, 1691. Creator: David Klocker Ehrenstrahl
Nils Gyldestolpe, 1642-1709, 1691

Peter of Weyms, c17th century. Creator: Anon
Peter of Weyms, c17th century

John Adams, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
John Adams, 19th century. This miniature is a section of a steel engraving of John Adams, second president of The United States

Nikolaus Georg von Raigersperger, c17th century. Creator: Anon
Nikolaus Georg von Raigersperger, c17th century

Nicolo Promontorio, c17th century. Creator: Anon
Nicolo Promontorio, c17th century

Maximilian von Trauttmansdorff und Weinsberg, 1584-1650, c17th century. Creator: Anon
Maximilian von Trauttmansdorff und Weinsberg, 1584-1650, c17th century

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