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Envoy Collection

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Sardar Afzal Khan, 1882

Sardar Afzal Khan, 1882
Engraved portrait of Sardar Afzal Khan, the British envoy to Kabul, Afganistan, pictured in 1882

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Winston Churchill posing in the garden of the White House

Winston Churchill posing in the garden of the White House
Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, posing hte the grounds of the White House, Washington, dressed in his siren suit. Churchill was in the USA for a meeting with Franklin D

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Hungary Converts

Hungary Converts
Istvan I (Saint Stephen), converts the Magyars to Christianity : his envoy the archbishop Astricius obtains from pope Silvester II the title of Apostolic King

Background imageEnvoy Collection: (from left) Eduard Willy Kurt Herbert von Dirksen (1882-1955

(from left) Eduard Willy Kurt Herbert von Dirksen (1882-1955) - German diplomat and Ambassador to the Soviet Union, standing behind Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin (1872-1936)

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Persia, Tehran. Palace of the British envoy. Engraving

Persia, Tehran. Palace of the British envoy. Engraving
Persia, Tehran. Palace of the British envoy. Interior courtyard. Engraving. Panorama Universal. History of Persia, 1851. Date: 2018

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Takenouchi Shimodzukino Kami, Japanese diplomat 1862

Takenouchi Shimodzukino Kami, Japanese diplomat 1862
Vintage 19th century photograph: Takenouchi Shimodzukino Kami, Envoy and Plenipotentiary to H.M. the Tycoon of Japan. Japanese diplomatic mission to Europe, 1862

Background imageEnvoy Collection: JAPANESE INSPECTION

JAPANESE INSPECTION
Japan is one of the nations who feel a vested interest in Russia's political changes : the emperor sends an envoy to see what's going on - here he is at Muaki. Date: 1918

Background imageEnvoy Collection: United States Navy - Kinner XRK-1 Envoy

United States Navy - Kinner XRK-1 Envoy. Four civil examples were completed from 1934, fitted with 300 h.p. Kinner C-7 engines, sold to civil pilot owners

Background imageEnvoy Collection: First audience of a British minister with tycoon of Japan

First audience of a British minister with tycoon of Japan
First audience of a British minister with the tycoon of Japan at Jeddo - from a sketch by S. J. Gowan. The meeting took place on 25 August 1860 at 9am in the morning, the time appointed for Mr

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Arrival of Bulgarian Peace Envoy, 1918 by Matania

Arrival of Bulgarian Peace Envoy, 1918 by Matania
A Belgian peace envoy, having arrived in a car flying a white flag, salutes General Franchet d Espery at the British headquarters at Salonika to negotiate peace terms on 29 September 1918. Date: 1919

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Ataturk and General Harrington

Ataturk and General Harrington
Kemal Pasa (Ataturk) and General Harrington (commanding the British troops) - compromising on neutral ground in 1923. A very interesting photograph as it shows a Turkish delegation approaching an

Background imageEnvoy Collection: China - Gate of British Legation, Peking

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

Background imageEnvoy Collection: H E Phya Bhaskarawongse

H E Phya Bhaskarawongse
H E PHYA BHASKARAWONGSE Siamese envoy to Britain Date: -

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Diamond Jubilee - Chinese Ambassador and Papal Envoy

Diamond Jubilee - Chinese Ambassador and Papal Envoy
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - Black and white lantern slide of a horse drawn carriage carrying the Chinese Ambassador and Papal Envoy down Piccadilly. Slide number 12 of Box 259 Date: 1897

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Diamond Jubilee - The Procession Passing Hude Park Corner

Diamond Jubilee - The Procession Passing Hude Park Corner
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - Black and white Victorian lantern slide of a horse drawn carriage carrying the Chinese Ambassador and Papal Envoy passing Hyde Park Corner

Background imageEnvoy Collection: The Chevalier de Souza Correa, Vanity Fair, Spy

The Chevalier de Souza Correa, Vanity Fair, Spy
The CHEVALIER DE SOUZA CORREA, Diplomat, born in Brazil and came to England, circa 1873. His formal title at the time this drawing in 1898 was Envoy-Extraordinary

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Williams Richards

Williams Richards
WILLIAMS RICHARDS Welsh methodist missionary in the Sandwich Isles who subsequently served as envoy from the king of the islands. Date: 1793 - 1847

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Leonard Philaras

Leonard Philaras
LEONARD PHILARAS Greek-born scholar, serving as envoy from the duke of Parma to the court of Louis XIII. Date: ? - 1673

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Sir Horace Mann

Sir Horace Mann
SIR HORACE MANN Diplomat, envoy to the court of Tuscany : friend of Horace Walpole. Date: 1701 - 1786

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Wolseley AR9 MkI 9-cylinder radial

Wolseley AR9 MkI 9-cylinder radial
Wolseley AR9 MkI nine-cylinder radial as fitted to the Airspeed Envoy I

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Disturbances in Morocco

Disturbances in Morocco. The Kabyle refuses to pay the tax to the Sultans envoy. Engraving

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Trade Treaty between British and Afghan Governments

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)

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Airspeed Envoy aeroplane

Airspeed Envoy aeroplane
The Airspeed " Envoy" aeroplane, a commercial cabin twin engined plane seating eight passengers and one pilot. Date: circa 1936

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Mrs Loulie Hunter House, wife of American special envoy

Mrs Loulie Hunter House, wife of American special envoy
Mrs Loulie Hunter House, wife of Colonel Edward Mandell House, American special envoy to the UK during the First World War. Seen here reading a letter in the drawing room of Chesterfield House

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Colonel House, American special envoy to UK, WW1

Colonel House, American special envoy to UK, WW1
Colonel Edward Mandell House (1858-1938), American diplomat, politician, and presidential advisor. He was special envoy to the UK during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Title page, Account of the Kingdom of Caubul

Title page, Account of the Kingdom of Caubul
Title page, An account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its dependencies in Persia Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun nation, and a history of the Dooraunee Monarchy

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Sir Rutherford Alcock 2

Sir Rutherford Alcock 2
SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK Diplomat, Britains first emissary to Japan, who as Envoy Plenipotentiary opened up trade wuth the merchants of that nation. Date: 1809 - 1897

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Valette and Envoy

Valette and Envoy
La Valette, Grand Master of the Hospitallers, shows the Turkish envoy a ditch and says thats the only part of Malta the besiegers will obtain. Below, view of Malta

Background imageEnvoy Collection: De Soto as an Envoy 1532

De Soto as an Envoy 1532
Pizarro sends Ferdinand de Soto as an envoy to ask Atahualpa to meet him at Caxamalca. Pizarro and Atahualpa meet the next day

Background imageEnvoy Collection: Menelik & Salsa / 1896

Menelik & Salsa / 1896
The meeting of Menelik, one of Ethiopias greatest emperors with Major Salsa of the Italian envoy


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