Foreign Collection (page 6)

Platter from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, with portraits of women within a floral pattern. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Cruet set of oil and vinegar jugs from Lille. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Legumiere or vegetable dish from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, with lattice and floral pattern, nymph handles and bear legs

Plaque from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, with riverside landscape vignette inside border of naked nymphs within a floral pattern

Flagon and butterdish from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century. Pitcher decorated with flowers, butterdish in floral pattern with a snail on the lid

Potiche or vase from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century
Potiche or vase with lid from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century with cupids in a floral pattern. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Plates from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Saucer for a pitcher from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, with a Chinese landscape with peacocks, exotic birds and flowers

Platter from Nuremberg, Bavaria, 18th century, decorated with scene of demons, monsters, chimaera and serpents attacking a wild boar

Plate and hairbrush from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century
Plate and top of hairbrush from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century. Plate with religous scene of Christ and disciples meeting a Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:22)

Plate from an English pottery, 18th century. Religious scene showing Christ with halo baptised by God beneath the Holy Spirit

Platter from Avignon, Vaucluse, France, decorated with gold and crimson filigree pattern. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery

Decorations from the pottery of Lille, France. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Pitcher from Avignon, Vaucluse, France, decorated with leaves and figures. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur

Plate from Varages, France, 18th century, decorated with large fish, plumes and flowers. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery

Water jug and basin from Marseille, France, 18th century, decorated with botanical paintings. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Platter from Marseille, France, 18th century, decorated with botanical painting. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery

Varnished soft-paste plate decorated with tulip pattern, Middle Ages. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur

Plates from Marseille, France, 18th century, decorated with landscape and flowers 1, and with fruit, vegetables and flowers 2

Jardiniere or planter from Marseille, France, 18th century, with vignette and floral pattern. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Platter from Moustiers, France, 18th century. Chinese fantasy figures with exotic bird and hats on sticks. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Ceramic fountain from Moustiers, France, decorated with sea god Neptune with trident, cupids and birds. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Ceramic tiles with heraldic designs, Middle Ages. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur, Paris, 1874

Waterlily species
Foreign yellow waterlily, Nymphaea advena, sweet-scented waterlily, Nymphaea odorata, N. odorata minor, and shining waterlily, Nymphaea nitida

Surgical instruments to remove foreign bodies from the esophagus 1-3, encysted stone in the bladder 4 and a hernia in the bowel 5

Envelope sent via British Embassy diplomatic bag in April 1978 (when the Mary Evans Picture Library was located at a different but nearby address in London SE3). Date: 1978

The Battle of Vuelta de Obligado 1845
The battle of Vuelta de Obligado on 20th November 1845, was a collaborative attack by the French and British to defy the Argentine Confederations decision to block the unregulated sailing

Dame Barbara Salt (1904-1975), the first British woman in the Diplomatic Service to become Counsellor, Minister and Ambassador-Designate

design for the foreign department
Second Prize design for the foreign department. Messer Banks and Barry. Full page including text. 1857

Dr Gustav Stresemann, German Chancellor, Foreign Minister in the Weimar Republic (1923-1929), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926. 1926

Postcard explaining the currency of Portugal, with equivalent values for other countries. Date: circa 1900

Postcard explaining the currency of Japan, with equivalent values for other countries. circa 1900

Case of Drawing Instruments
Case of Foreign-Made Drawing Instruments. circa 1880s

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, KG, GCB, GCMG, PC (1854 - 1925) English statesman and colonial administrator who played a role in the formulation of British foreign

US PORTS & CHOLERA 1892
Foreign workers come arm in arm with asiatic cholera; American ports must close their gates (1892) Date: 1892

EVENTS / ASIA / CHINA
BOXER REBELLION German sailors attack and destroy the Tsung-li-Yamen, ministry of foreign affairs at Peking Date: July 1900

Tupolev Tu-104A CCCP-L5445 (SSSR-L5445, msn 8350401), of Aeroflot, at Keflavik Naval Air Station in Iceland. This Tu-104A was the second of its kind to visit the USA in September 1959

Vickers VC. 1 Viking 1B G-AJFT
Vickers VC.1 Viking 1B G-AJFT (msn 238) of Airwork London, at Blackbushe Airport. (Vickers Type 627 Viking 1B) Airwork carried out trooping flights, with Vickers Vikings

United States Air Force - Lockheed RT-33A-1-LO Shooting Star 53-5305 (msn 580-8645). Reported transferred to a foreign air force circa 1964. Date: 1950s

Evil May Day, the protest against foreigners living in London. Apprentices attacked foreign residents. Some of the rioters were later hanged. Date: 1517

Mansion House from the Bank, London. Date: 1830

Emigrates just arrived off a steamer at the steps of Irongate, St. Katharines Docks, in the City of London, where they are met by a man who speaks their language

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
1914

Foreign Coin

Stockwell College, London - The British and Foreign School Societys Training College for Mistresses (....!) Date: circa 1908

Edmund Hammond, Vanity Fair, Ape
EDMUND HAMMOND, 1st Baron Hammond of Kirkella (1802-1890) British diplomat and civil servant, serving as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1854 to 1873

Salvationists from all Climes: Types of the Foreign Soldiers
People the aggressive Christians had reached in different countires. The new members of the Salvation Army attended the Salvationist Congress, described by General Booth as the bombardment of London

BAD TASTE OF THE TOWN
The Bad Taste of the Town, also known as Masquerades and Operas: a satire on foreign imports such as pantomime, Italianate architecture and opera. Date: 1724

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