Affairs Gallery

Ignacy Paderewski, Polish delegate at Versailles, France

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), Polish pianist, composer and politician, seen here as a Polish delegate during the Versailles Peace Treaty negotiations, leaving the Trianon Palace on the day the terms of the treaty were handed to the German delegates. He was Prime Minister of Poland, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the time. Date: 7 May 1919

© Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans

The Representatives at the Conference of Constantinople, 187

Engraving showing the four main representatives at the Conference of Constantinople, 1876 (clockwise from top left): Savfet Pasha, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs; General Ignatieff, Russian Ambassador at Constantinople; Marquis of Salisbury, Secretary of State for India; Comte de Chaudordy, French diplomatic service. The conference was held to discuss disputes over the territory of the Turkish Empire

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Scipio Africanus retires from Rome

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, though a military hero in Rome, has political enemies and is accused of misconduct in public affairs. He goes into self-imposed exile by retiring to his country seat at Liternum on the coast of Campania

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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