Financier Collection (page 7)

Sir Thos Gresham / Home
SIR THOMAS GRESHAM House in Bishopsgate Street of the English financier who founded Gresham College and built the Royal Exchange Date: 1519 - 1579

Strathcona / Da Smith / Vf
DONALD ALEXANDER SMITH 1st BARON STRATHCONA and MOUNT ROYAL Canadian fur trader, financier, and politician, born in Scotland Date: 1820 - 1914

Four Poster Bed 1930S
The sumptuous principal bedroom of the Mayfair home of City financier Clarence Hatry, with its wooden panelled walls and four-poster bed. Hatry was jailed for fraud. Date: 1930s

Georg Fugger / Banker
GEORG FUGGER German financier and merchant; son of the founder of the firm, Jakob Fugger I. Leased the Roman mint (1508-15). Date: 1453 - 1506

John Jacob Astor
JOHN JACOB ASTOR German-American trader and financier Date: 1763 - 1848

Sir Abe Bailey
SIR ABE BAILEY African financier 1864 - 1940

Solomon Barnato Joel
SOLOMON BARNATO JOEL Financier and sportsman; his horse Pommern won The Derby in 1915 Date: 1865 - 1931

Albert Gallatin(1761-1849), American politician and financier

Nicolas Fouquet
NICOLAS FOUQUET French statesman and financier. Confidential agent of Cardinal Mazarin. Date: 1615 - 1680

Stafford Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887), English politician and financier Date: circa 19th century

GIRONA I AGRAFEL, Manuel (1818-1905). Spanish financier, founder of the first private bank in Spain, Banco de Barcelona, ?

George William Childs - American publisher
George William Childs (18291894) - American publisher who co-owned the Philadelphia Public Ledger newspaper with financier Anthony Joseph Drexel. Date: circa 1880

Sir Edgar Speyer (1862-1932), 1st Baronet. American born financier and philanthropist, chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London from 1906 to 1915 and a Privy Councillor

Sir Edgar and Lady Speyer
Sir Edgar Speyer (1862 - 1932) and Lady Leonora Speyer (1872 - 1956). He was an American born financier and philanthropist, she a poet and violinist. Date: Circa 1921

Frederick J Benson, Vanity Fair, WHO
FREDERICK J BENSON. Financier who founded his own Bank. Financed Swansea Harbour development. Caption: Swansea Harbour Date: -

Russell Sage
RUSSELL SAGE American financier, a shrewd operator who died worth $70m, a tidy sum even now, still more so in those days. Date: 1816 - 1906

John D Rockefeller
JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER American financier, head of the Standard Oil Companies probably the richest man in material wealth that ever lived. Date: 1839 - 1937

Claude Le Pelletier
CLAUDE LE PELLETIER French financier Date: 1630 - 1711

Michel Particelli
MICHEL PARTICELLI, sieur d Emery French financier, controlleur- general des finances for Louis XIII. Date: 1595? - 1650

Gabr. Julien Ouvrard
GABRIEL JULIEN OUVRARD French financier Date: 1770 - 1846

Mansion Conservatory
The luxury conservatory, with its plants and stained leaded glass windows, of the Mayfair (London) mansion of City financier Clarence Hatry, who was jailed for fraud. Date: 1930s

Mansion Interior
One of the fireplaces and private bar of the Mayfair (London) mansion of City financier Clarence Hatry, jailed for fraud. Date: 1930s

Luxury Swimming Pool
The luxury outdoor private swimming pool of the Mayfair (London) mansion of City (of London) financier Clarence Hatry, jailed for fraud. Date: 1930s

Sir Dudley North
SIR DUDLEY NORTH Statesman and financier : Commissioner of the Treasury to Charles II. Date: 1641 - 1691

Jacques Necker Profile
JACQUES NECKER Swiss-born French financier and statesman, whose unadopted reform proposals might have prevented the Revolution. Date: 1732 - 1804

Nic. Francois Mollien
NICOLAS FRANCOIS MOLLIEN French statesman and financier Date: 1758 - 1850

Samuel Insull Refuge
One of the Samuel Insull Memorial refuge houses. A London born American public untilities financier, Insull (1859 - 1938) donated land for British old peoples homes. Date: early 1930s

Jacques Laffitte - 2
JACQUES LAFFITTE French financier and statesman, ministre des finances in 1831. Date: 1767 - 1844

George Law, Financier
GEORGE LAW American financier Date: 1806 - 1881

Jacques Laffitte - 1
JACQUES LAFFITTE French financier and statesman, ministre des finances in 1831. Date: 1767 - 1844

Moritz Baron Hirsch
MORITZ VON HIRSCH German financier and philanthropist Date: 1831 - 1896

SIDNEY WEINBERG (1891-1969). American financier and chairman of the Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs, 1930-1969. Photograph, 1942

JOSEPH KENNEDY (1888-1969). American businessman, financier, and government official, father of president John F. Kennedy. Photograph, c1940

ANDREW MELLON (1855-1937). American financier. U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon in his office at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. in 1927 alongside a painting of the first U.S

ROBERT MORRIS (1734-1806). American financier and statesman. Etching, 1888, by Albert Rosenthal after Gilbert Stuart

JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN (1837-1913). American banker and financier. Oil over photograph

MINTING COINS, c1515. The minting of coins. Woodcut, c1515, by Hans Burgkmair

JACOB FUGGER (1459-1525). German financier and merchant. Woodcut by Hans Burgkmair

WILLIAM MARBURY (1760-1835). American financier and politician; plaintiff in Marbury v. Madison, 1803. After a painting by an unknown artist

RHODES PEACE CONFERENCE. Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) and others at a peace conference in the Matopo Hills of present-day Zimbabwe, 1896. Contemporary line drawing

The commission of inquiry on the Rochette affair, Evidence of Monsieur Fabre, public prosecutor
XIR661399 The commission of inquiry on the Rochette affair, Evidence of Monsieur Fabre, public prosecutor, front cover illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre

Venetian Moneylender, from an illustrated book of costumes (w / c on paper)
XIR64064 Venetian Moneylender, from an illustrated book of costumes (w/c on paper) by Grevenbroeck, Jan van (1731-1807); Museo Correr, Venice, Italy; Dutch, out of copyright

Jan Uytenbogaert The Goldweigher, 1639 (etching & drypoint)
XJF416587 Jan Uytenbogaert The Goldweigher, 1639 (etching & drypoint) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 25x20.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Alice Cornwell, 1885 (b / w photo)
XJF400679 Alice Cornwell, 1885 (b/w photo) by Barraud, Herbert Rose (1845-c.1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alice Anne Cornwell (1852-1932)

Daniel Race, engraved by James Watson, 1773 (engraving)
XJF380236 Daniel Race, engraved by James Watson, 1773 (engraving) by Hickey, Thomas (1741-1821) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (oil on canvas)
XJF380228 Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (oil on canvas) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774-1855)

Charles Rothschild (b / w photo)
XJF380224 Charles Rothschild (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nathanial Charles Rothschild (1877-1923)

Sir William Paterson (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF365389 Sir William Paterson (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Paterson (1658-1719)

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