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Embassy Collection (page 4)

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Entrance to the Legation Quarter - Beijing, China

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

Background imageEmbassy Collection: British Legation - Beijing, China

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

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Paris, France - Spanish Diplomatic Wives outside the Emabssy

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

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Turkish houses and German and Italian Embassies, Istanbul

Turkish houses and German and Italian Embassies, Istanbul
Turkish houses crowd the hillside below the German and Italian Embassies - Constantinople, Turkey. Date: circa 1902

Background imageEmbassy Collection: United States Embassy - St Petersburg, Russia

United States Embassy - St Petersburg, Russia Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Charles A Lindbergh

Charles A Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh (centre) in the grounds of the American Embassy in London with A.B. Houghton, the American Ambassador and Col Joyce

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Drawing of the British Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal. Signed by

Drawing of the British Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal. Signed by

Background imageEmbassy Collection: The dancing team of Harry Roye and Bille Maye, 1927

The dancing team of Harry Roye and Bille Maye, 1927
The dancing team of Harry Roye and Bille Maye, who made a great success at the Embassy Club, London and in vaudeville and cabaret in New York, 1927 Date: 1927

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Paraguay - Asuncion - French Embassy

Paraguay - Asuncion - French Embassy. Stamped with a famous Paraguayan bisect. When the Post Office ran out of stamps, they would cut a stamp of a higher value in half

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Turkish Legation in Kabul, Afghanistan

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

Background imageEmbassy Collection: American Embassy, London

American Embassy, London
The American Embassy buildings, Grosvenor Square, Westminster, London. Date: 1950s

Background imageEmbassy Collection: The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (2 / 4)

The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (2 / 4)
Irans constitutionalist uprising (1906-09) was the first great revolution of the 20th century - an expression of spontaneous rage against a corrupt and bankrupt monarchy

Background imageEmbassy Collection: The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (4 / 4)

The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (4 / 4)
Irans constitutionalist uprising (1906-09) was the first great revolution of the 20th century - an expression of spontaneous rage against a corrupt and bankrupt monarchy

Background imageEmbassy Collection: The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (3 / 4)

The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (3 / 4)
Irans constitutionalist uprising (1906-09) was the first great revolution of the 20th century - an expression of spontaneous rage against a corrupt and bankrupt monarchy

Background imageEmbassy Collection: The Embassy Club, 1924

The Embassy Club, 1924
The Embassy Club in London in 1924, owned by restaurateur Luigi with entertainment supplied by (Bert) Ambrose and the Embassy Club band

Background imageEmbassy Collection: India - Foreign Office Personnel and staff

India - Foreign Office Personnel and staff
Group of British Foreign Office personnel in India and their house staff. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageEmbassy Collection: George Earl Macartney 3

George Earl Macartney 3
GEORGE, first earl MACARTNEY Diplomat famous for his embassy to China Date: 1737 - 1806

Background imageEmbassy Collection: George Earl Macartney 2

George Earl Macartney 2
GEORGE, first earl MACARTNEY Diplomat famous for his embassy to China Date: 1737 - 1806

Background imageEmbassy Collection: International Scout Troop in Warsaw

International Scout Troop in Warsaw, all members are sons of foreign Embassies staff. circa 1960s

Background imageEmbassy Collection: British Ambassador arriving in China

British Ambassador arriving in China
The Arrival in China of the British Ambassador, Lord Macartney. Date: 1793

Background imageEmbassy Collection: British Ambassador meeting Emperor Chien Lung

British Ambassador meeting Emperor Chien Lung
Meeting between Lord Macartney, British Ambassador, and the Chinese Emperor Chien Lung. Date: 14 September 1793

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Sketch of the interior of the Embassy Club, 1926

Sketch of the interior of the Embassy Club, 1926
Sketch of the interior of the Embassy Club, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Japanese Embassy at Washington

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

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Russian Summer Embassy - Constantinople

Russian Summer Embassy - Constantinople
The Russian Summer Embassy at Buyukdere, Constantinople, Turkey on the Bosphorus beyond Tarabya. Standing at the North end of a large Bay - its Turkish name means Large Valley while in Byzantine

Background imageEmbassy Collection: German officials in Packard cars

German officials in Packard cars
Visitors or dignitaries and German officials in two (possibly Embassy) vehicles. Both cars are American Packards. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageEmbassy Collection: German Embassy - Constantinople, urkey

German Embassy - Constantinople, urkey
The German Embassy to Ottoman Empire at the time of World War One - Constantinople, Turkey

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Crowd at a football match - Ankara, 1941

Crowd at a football match - Ankara, 1941
Section of the crowd at a football match which took place in Ankara in December 1941 (during World War Two). Features British Embassy staff (front bottom right)

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Serpentine Column and Theodosius Obelisk

Serpentine Column and Theodosius Obelisk
The three intertwined bronze serpents were the base of a trophy which once stood in the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. Dedicated to the God Apollo by the 31 Greek cities who defeated the Persians at

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Embassy Christmas Crackers

Embassy Christmas Crackers
Colour illustration taken from a Christmas cracker box

Background imageEmbassy Collection: 1957 nuclear test: Student protest in Japan

1957 nuclear test: Student protest in Japan
Tokyo, Japan: a small group of Japanese students, entirely surrounded by police, demonstrating against the British nuclear tests

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Prince George of Battenberg and his wife Nada

Prince George of Battenberg and his wife Nada
The wedding of Prince George of Battenberg (1892-1938), 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven and Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna de Torby, the daughter of an exiled Russian Grand Prince

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Tsar Visits - 1

Tsar Visits - 1
Alexander II, tsar of Russia, visits France and welcomes Napoleon and Eugenie to a ball at the Russian embassy

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Uprising at Ghent - 1

Uprising at Ghent - 1
The White hood uprising in Ghent : the burghers of Ghent send an embassy to the count of Flanders

Background imageEmbassy Collection: French Embassy Staff

French Embassy Staff
French embassy staff prudently assemble in a railway carriage for greater security

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Embassy to Austria

Embassy to Austria
Anxious for an heir, Napoleon decides to dump Josephine, who can t oblige : he sends an embassy to Vienna suggesting marriage to Maria Luisa (Marie-Louise)

Background imageEmbassy Collection: European Ambassadors in Constantinople, 1896

European Ambassadors in Constantinople, 1896
Photograph of the ambassadors of the leading European powers, photographed in the garden of the Austrian Embassy, Constantinople (now Istanbul), 1896. Those pictured are (from left to right) P

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Embassy at Great Wall

Embassy at Great Wall
The first British embassy to China, headed by George, earl Macartney, enters China via the Great Wall at Chogon Koton

Background imageEmbassy Collection: China Macartney Embas

China Macartney Embas
The first British embassy to China, headed by George, earl Macartney, is greeted at (presumably) Beijing (Peking as was) by a military parade

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Peking Palace

Peking Palace
Dutch embassy received at the Imperial Palace at Peking (now Beijing)

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Glove as Symbol - 4

Glove as Symbol - 4
Flinging a glove to the ground is a challenge - either to an individual, or as a declaration of war to a foreign embassy

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Persian Embassy

Persian Embassy
When the Persian ambassador visits a Foreign State, he does it in style - twenty elephants, along with a troop of horsemen

Background imageEmbassy Collection: British Embassy

British Embassy
As the Communards deliberately fire official buildings, the British Embassy is under threat and shots are exchanged, but no extensive damage is done

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Policeman on Duty

Policeman on Duty
Policeman on duty outside the old American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London Metropolitan Police

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Polish Embassy

Polish Embassy
A Polish embassy arrives in Rome, some of them in very fancy dress

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Louis IX at Acre / Crusade

Louis IX at Acre / Crusade
Louis IX at Acre receives embassy from the Old Man of the Mountain

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Grosvenor Square 1746

Grosvenor Square 1746
The United States don t yet exist, so theres no American Embassy to dominate this imposing square, part of Londons inexorable expansion westwards

Background imageEmbassy Collection: Russian Embassy France

Russian Embassy France
Peter is determined to create and strengthen ties with western Europe : a Russian embassy arrives at the court of Louis XIV at Versailles

Background imageEmbassy Collection: China / Great Wall 1752

China / Great Wall 1752
The Great Wall on the occasion of a Russian Embassy to China



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