International Relations Collection

Russo-Japanese treaty at Portsmouth NH, 1905
President Theodore Roosevelt presiding over the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905. Hand-colored halftone illustration

U-2 spy plane with fictitious NASA markings, USA, 1960. Creator: NASA
U-2 spy plane with fictitious NASA markings, USA, 1960. After Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union during a CIA spy flight on May 1, 1960

Henry White (colour litho)
613686 Henry White (colour litho) by Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy) (1851-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry White, A diplomatic cousin, 16 March 1899)

Visit of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1868 -1918) and Tsarina Alexandra Fiodorovna
XEE4179267 Visit of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1868 -1918) and Tsarina Alexandra Fiodorovna Romanova (1872-1918) to Paris. Engraving in " Le petit Parisien", 1896. Private collection

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the French Minister receiving Admiral Seymour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the French Minister receiving Admiral Seymour, 1865. '...the Duke of Somerset and the members of the Board of Admiralty

Admiral King's visit to the King of Siam at Bangkok: procession of boats up the river..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
Admiral King's visit to the King of Siam at Bangkok: procession of boats up the river from the British Consulate, 1865. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. R

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: meeting of the Reine Hortense and the Osborne, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: meeting of the Reine Hortense and the Osborne, 1865. 'There are few places in which a naval spectacle can be seen to greater advantage than

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: reception of the French Minister of Marine..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: reception of the French Minister of Marine in board the Victory, 1865. M. de Chasseloup-Laubat visits '...Nelson's celebrated flagship at

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth:...ball [for] the officers of the French fleet, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: ball given by the town of Portsmouth for the officers of the French fleet, 1865

Statue of Dr. Jenner, lately erected at Boulogne, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Statue of Dr. Jenner, lately erected at Boulogne, 1865. 'The beneficent discovery of vaccination to prevent smallpox is appreciated so highly by the physicians and scientific men of France

The Social Science Congress at Sheffield: Sir Manockjee Cursetjee...on education in India, 1865. Creator: Unknown
education in India, 1865. View of '...the meeting, on Friday, of the Educational Department, Mr. Thomas Chambers, M.P., presiding, when Sir Manockjee Cursetjee, a Parsee gentleman of Bombay

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the Reine Hortense leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the Reine Hortense leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1865. On the return of the '...French Minister of Marine

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the British Admiral's flagship...salute..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the British Admiral's flagship returning the salute of the French fleet, 1865

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth:...banquet to the officers of the French fleet, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the Mayor's Banquet to the officers of the French fleet, 1865. 'The decorations, which had been intrusted to Mr

The Royal Yacht Osborne passing through...English squadrons of ironclads in Plymouth Sound, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Plymouth: the Royal Yacht Osborne passing through the French and English squadrons of ironclads in Plymouth Sound, 1865

The Spring Meeting at Yokohama: race of the Japanese officers...the start..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Spring Meeting at Yokohama: race of the Japanese officers - the start, 1865. 'Our Special Artist and Correspondent at Yokohama writes as follows

English Excursionists at Calais, 1865. Creator: Unknown
English Excursionists at Calais, 1865. 'In these days, as well as in the age of Hogarth, Smollett, and Sterne the humorous situation of an ordinary party of English excursionists

Garibaldi in England: presentation of the freedom of the City of London...at Guildhall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: presentation of the freedom of the City of London...at Guildhall, 1864. View of '...the interior of the Council Chamber at Guildhall

Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. View of '...the interior of the large goods' shed at the Nine Elms station of the London

Garibaldi in England: the meeting of Garibaldi and Tennyson at Faringford House, Isle of Wight, 1864. Italian hero General Garibaldi at Tennyson's house in Freshwater

Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi in the balcony of the townhall of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi in the balcony of the townhall of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1864. View of '...the scene in front of the Townhall at Newport

Garibaldi in England: arrival of Garibaldi at the townhall, Bargate, Southampton, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: arrival of Garibaldi at the townhall, Bargate, Southampton, 1864. View of '...the picturesque old Bargate, in Southampton, at eleven o'clock on the Monday

Garibaldi in England: presentation of address of Southampton Town Council...in the Townhall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: presentation of address of Southampton Town Council to Garibaldi, in the Townhall, 1864. A '...view of the interior of the Townhall, an apartment over the Bargate

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

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

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

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

The Bayonne meeting in 1808 following the Aranjuez insurrection which saw the abdication of the Spanish king Charles IV
AIS5384264 The Bayonne meeting in 1808 following the Aranjuez insurrection which saw the abdication of the Spanish king Charles IV in favour of Ferdinand VII (Fernando VII)

Photograph of Lieutenant-General Eedson Louis Millard Tommy Burns (1897-1985)
UIG5325295 Photograph of Lieutenant-General Eedson Louis Millard Tommy Burns (1897-1985) a senior officer of the Canadian Army and diplomat. Dated 20th Century; UIG

Napoleon III welcomes Queen Victoria in Cherbourg, France, 5 August 1858, 1859 (oil on canvas)
MMM5459041 Napoleon III welcomes Queen Victoria in Cherbourg, France, 5 August 1858, 1859 (oil on canvas) by Noel, Jules Achille (1815-81); (add.info)

Emissaries of Suleiman the Magnificent arriving in Frankfurt, 1562 (engraving)
8663942 Emissaries of Suleiman the Magnificent arriving in Frankfurt, 1562 (engraving) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

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)

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

Meeting of Attila and Pope Saint Leon I the Great (440-461): the barbarian Attila, leader of the people of the Huns
ELD4884582 Meeting of Attila and Pope Saint Leon I the Great (440-461): the barbarian Attila, leader of the people of the Huns

Thomas Becket and his escort in France came to ask the hand of Margaret of France for Henry the Younger
ELD4897160 Thomas Becket and his escort in France came to ask the hand of Margaret of France for Henry the Younger, son of King Henry II of England

I Have Seen, 06/05/19 - Time of the Tiger - War of 14 -18, Victory, Treaty of Versailles - Clemenceau George
ICA4837949 I Have Seen, 06/05/19 - Time of the Tiger - War of 14 -18, Victory, Treaty of Versailles - Clemenceau George, Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau (1869-1928); (add.info.: I Have Seen)

History of France in the Middle Ages: Peronne's interview between 9 and 14 October 1468 between the King of France
ELD4849052 History of France in the Middle Ages: Peronne's interview between 9 and 14 October 1468 between the King of France Louis XI said the Prudent (1423-1483)

Representation of William of Tyre (1130-1184) preaching for a new crusade to King Philip Augustus
ELD4846685 Representation of William of Tyre (1130-1184) preaching for a new crusade to King Philip Augustus and King Henry II of England during the Treaty of Gisors on 28/06/1180

Campaign of Egypt in 1798, 1840 (engraving)
ELD4942230 Campaign of Egypt in 1798, 1840 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Campaign of Egypt: Cairo revolt, episode of the Egyptian campaign led by General Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

John Randolph of Roanoke at age 32, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
NWI4951723 John Randolph of Roanoke at age 32, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.; (add.info.: John Randolph of Roanoke at age 32)

Conference of the Duke of Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock (1355-1397) with Irish Chiefs
NWI4945849 Conference of the Duke of Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock (1355-1397) with Irish Chiefs, during the campaign of Richard II (1367-1400)

Portrait of Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912) military and ambassador to Austria Hungary
NWI4936579 Portrait of Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912) military and ambassador to Austria Hungary, son of President Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) - Colorisee engraving 19th century - Frederick D

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a copy of a painting by Prud'hon entitled
LUX4740947 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a copy of a painting by Prud'hon entitled: Justice and revenge pursuing the crime represented here by William II with the portrait of

France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: 19 September 1901, review of Betheny by Emile Loubet for the reception of
LUX4800998 France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: 19 September 1901, review of Betheny by Emile Loubet for the reception of Tsar Nicholas II, the Emperor's pram, 1901; (add.info.: France)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a Belgian soldier, an English soldier
LUX4739527 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a Belgian soldier, an English soldier and a French soldier shaking hands, entitled united against the barbarian

Silas DEANE (1737-1789), American diplomat and politician (War of Independence). Engraving 1855
JAB4121578 Silas DEANE (1737-1789), American diplomat and politician (War of Independence). Engraving 1855; (add.info.: Silas DEANE (1737-1789)

Royal patent awarded to Louis Roederer House by the Russian Court. 1908
XEE4117434 Royal patent awarded to Louis Roederer House by the Russian Court. 1908.; Private Collection; Stefano Bianchetti

King Victor Emmanuel III on a swing cap, 1909 (lithograph)
JAB4119042 King Victor Emmanuel III on a swing cap, 1909 (lithograph); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III (Vittorio Emanuele)

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"Exploring the Skies and Unveiling Secrets: The U-2 Spy Plane and International Relations" In 1960, a remarkable event unfolded in the realm as a U-2 spy plane, adorned with fictitious NASA markings, took to the skies. This covert mission by the United States aimed to gather crucial intelligence during a time of heightened tensions between nations. As this enigmatic aircraft soared above, it symbolized both technological prowess and political intrigue. Reflecting on earlier chapters in history, we find another pivotal moment that shaped international relations—the Russo-Japanese treaty signed at Portsmouth NH in 1905. Against all odds, this landmark agreement brought an end to a bitter conflict between two formidable powers and showcased diplomacy's potential for resolving disputes peacefully. Fast forward to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia's visit alongside Tsarina Alexandra Fiodorovna—an encounter brimming with grandeur and significance. Their journey transcended borders, fostering connections among nations while highlighting the intricate tapestry woven by international alliances. Henry White—a figure whose name resonates within diplomatic circles—played his part in shaping global affairs. His vibrant presence illuminated countless negotiations as he represented his country's interests abroad. A testament to his influence can be seen through vivid color lithographs capturing historic moments like Prussian flags fluttering before the Sultan of Morocco in 1780. The pursuit of peace has often taken center stage throughout history; naval disarmament efforts exemplify such endeavors. In 1930, unknown heroes worked tirelessly behind closed doors to forge agreements that would reduce tensions on turbulent seas—a testament to humanity's collective desire for harmony amidst geopolitical challenges. World War I unleashed unprecedented chaos upon nations worldwide; yet amidst its devastation emerged stories of camaraderie across borders. Lord Kitchener's visit to General Joseph Joffre serves as an enduring image depicting unity amid adversity—a reminder that even during times of war, bridges can be built between nations.