Legation Collection

The Greyhound Sir Reginald Lister and Eileen Lavery
The Greyhound (Sir Reginald Lister and Eileen Lavery. The last British Minister, the Drawing Room, British Legation, Tangier) (1910). Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941. Date: 1910

Miss Smith, heroine of seige of Legation Quarter, Peking
Miss Smith, heroine of the seige of the Legation Quarter, Peking, China

The British Marines Nordenfelt in action defending the legation from balcony of the British Ministers house, which overlooked the imperial canal during the Siege of Peeking

The first of the relief force in the British legation entering the Eastern gates of the Chinese city peeking. The Battle of Peeking which was fought between the 14-15th August 1900

Madrid Mob burns Arms of German Legation
A Spanish mob burns the arms of the German Legation in the Puerta del Sol, Madrid. This was in response to the Carolines Crisis (/Question)

Madrid Mob Tears Down German Flag
A Spanish mob tears down the flag at the German Legation, Madrid. This was in response to the Carolines Crisis (/Question)

Pit pony with handler underground in Lanarkshire mine
Pony is pulling trolleys, known as hutches, of coal along small railway lines. From a postcard posted from Hamilton to the French Legation in Tangier Date: 1902

Greetings card, British Legation, Sofia, Bulgaria
Greetings card from the British Legation, Sofia, Bulgaria, with red ribbon and royal coat of arms. Date: 20th century

The Hon. Donough & Mrs O Brien and Percival Griffiths (right) at a reception given at the Finnish Legation. Date: 1935

c. 1900 China Peking Beijing - view from wall Legation Quarte
c.1900 China Peking Beijing - view from the wall of the Legation Quarter, with camel train in the foreground

Outbreak of WWII - Germans leave London 1939
Dr. Kordt, German Charge d Affaires in London, leaving the capital with his wife upon declaration of war in September 1939. Date: 1939

Tangier, Morocco - Petit Socco (Zoco Chico) Spanish Legation
Tangier, Morocco - The Petit Socco (Zoco Chico) - the Spanish Legation and Post Office. Date: circa 1910s

China - Gate of British Legation, Peking
Lantern slide of Gate of British Legation, Peking (Beijing). In diplomacy, a legation was a diplomatic representative office lower than an embassy

British Embassy in Tehran, Iran

The French Legation, Yokohama, Japan circa 1870. Date: circa 1870

An attack at Peking by Boxer rebels
European legations at Peking are attacked by the rebels during the Boxer Rebellion. Date: 1900

China - Walls of British Legation and the Carriage Park, Pek
Lantern slide of Walls of British Legation and the Carriage Park, Peking (Beijing). Part of Box 159 Pekin, slide no. 46 Date: circa 1890s

China - inside British Legation, Peking
Lantern slide of inside British Legation, Peking (Beijing).. Part of Box 159 Pekin, slide no. 44 Date: circa 1890s

China - Stables and Students Quarters, British Legation, Pek
Lantern slide of Stables and Students Quarters, British Legation, Peking (Beijing).. Part of Box 159 Pekin, slide no. 45 Date: circa 1890s

Legation Quarter, Peking (Beijing), China. Date: circa 1903

Italian soldier in China
Italian sailor or soldier in China, probably in the Italian concession in Tientsin (Tianjin). Date: C.1911

Dutch soldier in China
Dutch soldier or possibly sailor with rifle in China, probably in the Netherlands concession in Tientsin (Tianjin). Date: C.1911

Belgian soldier in China
Belgian soldier or guard in China, probably in the Belgian concession in Tientsin (Tianjin). Date: C.1911

Russian soldiers in China
Two Russian soldiers in China, probably in the Russian concession in Tientsin (Tianjin). Date: C.1911

German soldier in China, probably in the German concession in Tientsin (Tianjin). Date: C.1911

French soldier in China
A French soldier in China, probably in the French concession in Tientsin (Tianjin). Date: C.1911

American soldier in China, possibly in the British concession in Tientsin (Tianjin). (The United States didn t request or receive extraterritorial rights in Tientsin.) Date: C.1911

Legation in Peking, China
Legation (probably the British Legation) in Peking, China Date: C.1911

Lady Macdonald
LADY MACDONALD wife of Sir Claud Maxwell Macdonald, diplomat : while at the British Legation in Peking they were besieged for two months by unfriendly Boxers. Date: circa 1900

Entrance to the Legation Quarter - Beijing, China. Date: circa 1907

Legation Street (East) - Beijing, China Date: circa 1910s

British Legation - Beijing, China
Russian Legation - Beijing, China Date: circa 1910s

Chongwenmen Gate - Beijing, China
Chongwenmen, the name of a gate that was once part of Beijings city wall in what is now Dongcheng District. The gate stood in the southeastern part of Beijings inner city

Turkish Legation in Kabul, Afghanistan
Turkish Legation (Embassy) in Kabul, Afghanistan Date: circa 1910s

British Legation in Peking
Front of the British Legation at Pekin after the Boxer rising but previous to World War One. circa 1911

King of Siam at reception 1897
The King of Siam, Rama V, at the reception given in his honour at the Siamese Legation, Ashburn Place, South Kensington, London

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