Diplomatic Collection (page 2)

Colonial Africa. Delimitation of the new Franco-German borders in Congo. Commissioners of both countries in the swampy jungle of the Lobaye Valley, actual Central African Republic

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

The Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902
An English Girl and a Japanese Girl stand in front of their national flags holding hands and lifting up flowers, symbolising the Anglo-Japanese Alliance

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey - Parliament
Opening of the Turkish Parliament - the Sultan arrives in his box and delivers the Royal Speech(back centre). There is a balcony on the upper right full of the diplomatic Corp

Portrait of Count Gustav Mauritz Armfelt (1757-1814) by
Count Gustav Mauritz Armfelt (1757-1814). Swedish politician and general. Portrait of Count Gustav Mauritz Armfelt in Florence, 1793. By Louis Gauffier (1761-1801). National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Egor Egorovich Staal, Russian Ambassador
Egor Egorovich Staal (1822-1907), Russian diplomat, ambassador to the UK from 1884 to 1902. 1889

Axel Oxenstierna (1583-1654). Count of Sodermore. Swedish st
Axel Oxenstierna (1583-1654). Count of Sodermore, was a Swedish statesman. Engraving by E. Hondius. Colored

Alphonse XII receiving the congratulations of the Moroccan e
Alphonse XII (1857-1885). King of Spain. Alphonse XII receiving the congratulations of the Moroccan embassy. Ceuta. March 20, 1877. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903)

Uruguay. Montevideo. The President of the Republic of Urugua
History of Uruguay. Montevideo. The President of the Republic of Uruguay, Julio Herrera y Orbes (1841-1912) visiting the war ship of the Spanish Navy, Infanta Isabel. Engraving

Paul von Hatzfeldt (1831-1901). Was a German diplomat. Engra
Paul von Hatzfeldt (1831-1901). Was a German diplomat. Count Hatzfeldt served as Ambassador to Constantinople from 1878 to 1881, as Foreign Secretary and head of the Foreign Office from 1881 to 1885

Baron Heinrich Karl von Haymerle (1828A?o??n?1881) was an Austrian statesman. Served as ambassador in Copenhagen (1864), took part in negotiating the Treaty of Prague (1866)

Diego de Saavedra Fajardo (1584 1648). Idea de un princip
Diego de Saavedra Fajardo (1584 1648). Spanish diplomat and man of letters. Idea de un principe politico y cristiano representada en cien empresas. Cover. Edited in Valencia, 1695

John Adams (1735-1826). American statesman
John Adams (1735-1826). American Founding Father, lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. He was the second President of the United States (1797A?i?1801). Colored engraving

Amarna Letters. 14th century BC. Clay tablets with cuneiform script, mostly written in Akkadian. Designate a file of correspondence, mostly diplomatic

Colonialism. Morocco. Reception of the Grand Vizier to a French diplomat committee. Barberis engraving in El Mundo Ilustrado. Early twentieth century. Colored

William, Baron Crofts
WILLIAM, baron CROFTS of Saxham : Royalist courtier, serving Charles I and Charles II on diplomatic missions, his career enlivened with scandal and intrigue. Date: 1611 - 1677

ARANDA, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, count of (1719-1798). President of the Council of Castile, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, count of Aranda (1719-1798)

Abbas II Hilmi. Viceroy of Egypt, 1892
ABBAS II HILMI (1874-1944). Viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914). The Marquis de Reverseux gives to the new Khedive (Viceroy) the Grand Cordon of the Legion d Honneur in Cairo

The brass plate at the German Embassy removed during WWI
A sign of diplomatic relations breaking down at the outbreak of World War One was the removal of the brass plate at the German Embassy in London

Aboriginal boat beached - two aboriginal men paddling a simi
An aboriginal boat is beached in the foreground with two aboriginal men paddling a similar boat in the background. Date: 1803

Aboriginal man from New Holland (Australia)
An aboriginal man from New Holland (Australia) carrying a spear and shield. has paint markings on his face and body. Date: 1803

Aboriginal burial site in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania)
Western explorer examining an aboriginal burial site in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania). There is a ship on the sea in the background. Date: 1803

Shah of Persia on visit to Britain
Group photo of dignitaries during a visit to Britain of the Shah of Persia, Nasr-Ed-Din (Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar) (1831-1896), seen here in the centre. Date: 1873

Present situation in Mexico
The present situation in Mexico: the US naval ports of embarkation. An aerial view, showing Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans

US blockade of Mexico
The United States blockades Mexico: the naval demonstration in the Gulf. The Mexican situation seen from above the port of Vera Cruz

Deutschland crew go aboard City of Flint by G. H. Davis
The beginning of the eventful odyssey of the American cargo steamer, the City of Flint: the Deutschlands crew go aboard. Date: 9 October 1939

Tsar Nicholas IIs in Vladikavkaz, Russia
Tsar Nicholas II performs official duties in Vladikavkaz Date: circa 1900

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

Top Russian Diplomatic Staff in Italy. Date: circa 1905

Paris, France - Spanish Diplomatic Wives outside the Emabssy
Paris, France - Spanish Diplomatic Wives outside the Embassy awaiting the official visit of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. Date: 1905

BAUGIN, Lubin (1610-1683). Books and Letters in the Light of a Candle. Baroque art. ITALY. Rome. Galleria Spada (Spada Gallery)

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De
DARIO, Rub n (1867-1916). Nicaraguan modernist poet. Rub n DarЯ wearing the Nicaraguan diplomatic costume. Photography

Trade Treaty between British and Afghan Governments
North West Frontier Province - Trade Treaty between British and Afghan Governments at the Frontier Post. The card shows a picket of Afghan infantry (on the left) and Britsih Infantry (on the right)

Australia House, on the Strand, London. Officially opened in 1918, home of the Australian High Commission and Australias oldest diplomatic mission abroad. Date: 1950s

Yuan Chi Kai, Chinese President, with diplomatic corps
Yuan Chi Kai (or Shikai) (1859-1916), President of the Republic of China, with members of the diplomatic corps at Peking. Date: circa 1913

Leon Bouthillier
LEON BOUTHILLIER, comte de Chauvigny French statesman, carried out diplomatic missions for Richelieu. Date: 1608 - 1652

General Sir John Low(1788-1880), veteran officer enaged in the military and diplomatic service of the East India Company. He was made a Knight Commander of the Bath in 1862

Reception of the corps diplomatique at St James
A reception of the corps diplomatique at the royal court of St James Palace. Ambassadors and ministers mingle and chat in their official costumes

Japanese Pavilion, World Fair 1939
Japanese Pavilion at the New York World Fair 1939 showing the diplomatic room

Japanese Embassy at Washington
Arrival of the Japanese Ambassadors to the United States at Washington on board the steamship Philadelphia. A box containing the treaty and treasure is brought ashore

Sfax, Tunisia - Rue de la Republique
The Rue de la Republique with the British Vice Consulate at Sfax, Tunisia. The Consulate is right next door to a general store, selling pottery, overcoats and flat caps

British diplomatic staff car and Indian staff
A Scene in India in the early 1920s - an official department car and attendant Indian staff. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Drinking by an Austin 7 car on the beach
Two gentleman (one in full-length swimming costume) share champagne in front of an Austin 7 car on a Middle Eastern beach. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Bushehr, Iran - An excursion drive
A small party of European Diplomatic staff taking a drive into the Iranian countryside close to Bushehr (Bushire), Iran. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Drinking at a picnic - possibly in Iran
A group of British diplomatic (or foreign service) personnel fool about during a picnic, possibly in Iran. Their attendant guard seems totally unfazed by the high jinks

Fishing in India
A wonderful photograph showing colonial life in India in the early 1920s. A British diplomatic service gentleman fishes from the comfort of a wicker chair by the banks of a wide Indian river

Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts (1892 - 1991)
Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts - a photograph taken during his journey from Kashmir through the Himalayan Mountain Pass to Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan

Picnic in Iran
Diplomatic staff (both British and Iranian) enjoy a picnic. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

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