Treaties Collection

The Treaty Stone, Limerick, Republic of Ireland. The Treaty of Limerick ended the Williamite war in Ireland between the Jacobites and the supporters of William of Orange

League of Nations / 1922
The opening session of the League of Nations in Geneva. The purpose of the League, set up in 1919 & written into the WW1 peace treaties, was to keep peace through arbitration

Cartoon, The Washington Hatchet
American design for a Japanese screen. It is announced that the Anglo-Japanese Alliance is to be terminated in favour of an understanding between the Four Great Powers that have interests in

Cartoon, Honourable Ratio
Honourable Ratio: or, Naval Conversationsin London. Ratio 5:5:3, between Great Britain, United States of America and Japan. Date: 1934

Signing the Treaty of Paris (Peace of Paris) between Great Britain, France and Spain, 20 January 1783, part of the set of treaties which ended the American Revolutionary War. Date: 1783

Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, WW1
Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, showing Emperor Franz Josef of Austria lying in state (although he was still alive at the time)

END OF VENDEE WARS
After making two treaties with the Vendeans, Hoche signs one with the Bretons, thus officially bringing to an end the Vendean insurrection Date: 20 April 1795

WW1 - Treaty of Versailles
WW1 - The Foreign Minister of Germany, Hermann Muller, seen here signing the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was signed at he Palace of Versailles on 28th June 1919

Ebers papyrus. ca. 1500 BC. Ancient Egypt. Amenhotep Is reign. 18th Dynasty. One of the first treatises on medicine written in human history. Hieratic, hieroglyphic writing. GERMANY. SAXONY. Leipzig

Gustav Stresemann
Cover of the 12 December 1925 issue of The Illustrated London News, showing a portrait of Gustav Stresemann (1878 1929), who briefly served as Chancellor of Germany in 1923

AGUILAR, Gaspar de (1561-1623). Poet and playwright
" AGUILAR, Gaspar de (1561-1623). Poet and playwright. Arte de principios de canto llano" (Plainsong art). Early 16th century. Religious music treatise

Treaty of Perpetual Peace 1502
Ratification of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace, and marriage contract between King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor 17th December 1502 Date: 17th December 1502

Knight back from a tournament, rests on a monastery. Miniatu
Knight back from a tournament, rests on a monastery. Compilation of Treaties of Devotion (Traites de Devotion). Miniature. 15th century. Castle of Chantilly. France

WW1 - Prime Minister Llyod George and teh Draft Peace Terms
WW1 - An illustration of Prime MInister Llyod George returning from Paris. He presents the Draft Peace Terms in a form of an Easter egg offering for the season. Date: 1919

Cartoon, Kaiser Kabot, WW1
Cartoon, Kaiser Kabot (Kaiser Wilhelm II, the ham actor), showing the German Kaiser in four different theatrical roles: ignoring treaties, being deceitful, involved in litigation, and as Tartuffe

Codex Leicester, or Codex Hammer (1508-1510). Drawing of an old man sitting on a rock and some sketches on water movement. Renaissance art. Drawing

MANGET, Jean-Jacques (1652 - 1742). Bibliotheca Chirurgica. 1721. Cover of first edition, published in Geneva. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

China - Tien Tsin Ruins
Lantern slide of Tien Tsin Ruins. The Tientsin Massacre (Tianjin Religious Case), one of the most important missionary incidents of the late Qing Dynasty

Penns Treaty with the Indians
Penns Treaty. William Penn entering into peace treaty in 1683 with a chief of the Delaware

Dunkerque Fortified
Dunkerque (Dunkirk) is fortified despite treaties prohibiting it : such incidents provoke the British into opposing France in the Austrian Succession War. Date: September 1740

The Rolls House and Public Record Office, London, 1882
Engraving showing a number of views of the Rolls House and the Public Record Office, London, 1882. The images show (clockwise from top left)

Allied Leaders at Paris
The Big Four, LLoyd George, Vittorio Emmenuele Orlando, Woodrow Wilson & Georges Clenenceau, who battled out the First World War peace treaties meet at Paris

Wampum Message
Wampum beadwork is not merely a decorative object, but is a method of recording treaties, agreements, historic events and the like, which it is desired to preserve

Cartoon / Locarno, 1925
A German cartoon showing the mask of peace worn by the French during the Locarno Treaties

Marcel Treich-Laplene
MARCEL TREICH-LAPLENE French trader, explorer and administrator in west Africa, making treaties and trade agreements with native rulers

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