Nations Collection (#5)

Jonathan Swift
SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Irish clergyman and satirist writer. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, best known as Gullivers Travels (1726)

Dutch boy scouts on a parade ground with flags of various nations and musical instruments. Date: 1979

German postcard, Which is the better way? Join hands across the sea. The choice is between ignorance and goodwill, selfishness and insight, militarism and peace

President Wilson announcing birth of League of Nations
The American President Wilson announces the birth of the League of Nations, designed to avoid future wars. Date: 1919

Paris, France - Palais de l Institut. Date: 1860

International gathering of scouts, Alexandria, Egypt
An international gathering of scouts, Alexandria, Egypt. Showing the 1st Alexandria (British) Troop and 2nd Alexandria (International) Troop having tea together after a game

The Great Derby Race for 1851
The Great Derby Race for Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-One. Mr Punch is out front, followed by Joseph Paxton, and then various jockeys from all nations riding a variety of animals - a bull, an elephant

Paris, France - College des Quatre Nations. Date: circa 1800

The Leaders of all the Allied Nations, together with their National Anthems and Flags. Commemorative Art

Till the Boys Come Home - words and music. Flags of all the Allied Nations together with an aeroplane, a section of Scots charging, an artillery team and a family scene at home. Commemorative Art

Embroidered crown, flags of the Allied nations
Victory for the Allies. An embroidered crown, flags of the Allied nations and a photographic portrait of a Royal Naval Seaman

Scotland Wins Calcutta Cup 1938
A page of The Illustrated London News reporting on victory for Scotland over England at Twickenham in the annual Calcutta Cup match, part of the Home Nations Rugby Union tournament

Cartoon, The Bounder of Europe, WW1
Cartoon, The Bounder of Europe, showing an unhappy German in a cafe, surrounded by disapproving representatives of other nations during the First World War

Peace Procession, 19th July 1919
British naval troops marching down Whitehall, London, in the Peace Day Victory parade on 19th July 1919. Flags of the Allied nations fly from the buildings. Date: 19th July 1919

International group of military officers
A formal group photograph of international military officers and personnel in Peking with the message Peking Christmas Greetings underneath

Winston Churchills funeral, Royalty and Statesman at St Pau
Royalty and Statesmen from many nations on the steps of St Pauls to watch the departure of the coffin as the last stage of its journey to Bladon begins. Date: 6th February 1965

Officers of Four Nations in London Cafe by Matania, WW1
A London cafe scene during World War I showing French, British, Belgian and Italian soldiers among the crowds. As the war progressed, the familiarity of foreign soldiers around London increased

Thomas Spademan
THOMAS SPADEMAN churchman who, though he does not seem to have contributed much to the gaiety of nations, neither did he cause them misery or grief. Date: 18TH CENTURY

United for Peace - Worlds Peace Conference, San Francisco, USA (formally United Nations Conference on International Organization) - April 25th - June 26th, 1945

Hotel Carls-Rite, Toronto, Canada - the House of Comfort - advertising itself as the Worlds Premier Hotel for Business travellers. Date: circa 1920s

WW2 - The Scales of Victory - Oil and Steel Output compared between the Free Labour of the British Commonwealth and the USA and the Slave Labour of Germany and her subject nations

Palais des Nations, Geneva - Commemorative Plaque in memory of US President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). Date: circa early 1930s

WW1 Allies - Emblems of Freedom
WW1 Allied flags flying above a British Destroyer - Emblems of Freedom Date: circa 1915

Celebrating the glorious victory in WWI - France & America and their leaders, President Woodrow Wilson, Marechal Foch and Georges Clemenceau Date: 1919

Geneva - Palais de Nations - Woodrow Wilson plaque
Geneva, Switzerland - Palais de Nations - plaque commemorating Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, who founded the League of Nations in 1919 following WW1. Date: circa 1920s

US President Roosevelt signs the Lease-and-Lend Bill
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lease-and-Lend Bill onMarch 11th 1941. Lend-Lease was the programme under which the USA aided the Allied nations with material between 1941 and 1945

Victory at the End of World War One
Postcard commemorating the Victory at the end of the Great War in 1918, featuring an inset portrait of King George V. " He holds no parley with unmanly fears

SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). Cpver of the first volume
" SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). Cpver of the first volume of Adam Smiths work " Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", the first great treatise on capitalism

The Gate of All Nations. 486 -464 BC. IRAN. FARS. Persepolis. Gate flanked by figures of winged bulls with human head (androcephalic bulls). Persian art. Achaemenid period

Politics / Internationalis
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS New palace at Geneva - the Council Chamber Date: 1938

General view of the Great Exhibition of 1851
The Great Exhibition of All Nations in Hyde Park - a general view of the Crystal Palace, with a contributing nation at each corner. Date: 1851

A flotilla of steamships sailing under the flags of several nations. Date 1901

Joseph Fayadaneega, called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations. Joseph Brant, three-quarter length portrait, facing right. Date ca. 1776

People of five nations - Sunday. Japanese triptych print shows the interior of a foreign settlement house with several women and men enjoying a tea party

People of the five nations - Americans. Japanese print shows a woman riding sidesaddle. Date 1861

People of the five nations - English. Japanese print shows an English naval officer on horseback. Date 1861

Five nations - merrymaking at the Gankiro tea house. Japanese triptych print shows visitors from several nations enjoying a party in the Fan Room of the Gankiro. Date 1860

Banquet of five nations Yokohama club. Japanese diptych print shows a large group of people seated at a long table during a banquet at the Yokohama Club. Date 1861

People of various nations - Russians, French. Japanese print with four illustrations, two of men on horseback and two illustrating clothing styles of Russian and French women. Date 1861

People of the five nations - Russians. Japanese print shows a Russian military officer on horseback. Date 1861

People of the five nations - Dutch. Japanese print shows a Dutch woman and man, the man stands in profile and holds a telescope. Includes untranslated text about Holland by Kanagaki Robun on recto

People of the barbarian nations - Americans. Japanese print shows a full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing left, holding a cane. Date 1861

People of barbarian nations - king of Italy. Japanese print shows a full-length portrait of a man seated in a chair, facing left. Date 1861

Poles! Kosciuszko and Pulaski fought for the liberty of Poland and other nations - Follow their example - Enlist in the Polish Army!. Poster showing Kosciuszko and Pulaski, and the Polish flag

People of many nations. Japanese diptych print shows a map of the world with inset images of foreign people. Date between 1800 and 1850

The state opening of the great exhibition of All Nations, Ma

A nations pride, & a nations wealth. Date c1884 Dec. 22. A nations pride, & a nations wealth. Date c1884 Dec. 22

Cremorne Gardens... Grand Victoria fete in honour of the Inauguration of the Exhibition of All Nations, by Her Majesty, on Thursday, May 1st, 1851

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