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Foreign Collection (page 7)

Background imageForeign Collection: Cartoon, Theres Always Something

Cartoon, Theres Always Something. Having recognised Napoleon IIIs government without cabinet authority, foreign secretary Palmerston is sacked by PM Lord John Russell. Date: December 1851

Background imageForeign Collection: CHICAGO EXHIBITION - 1

CHICAGO EXHIBITION - 1
Foreign Buildings, beside the lake Date: July 1893

Background imageForeign Collection: Paris Cafe in 1917

Paris Cafe in 1917
The Cafe de la Paix, Paris - Paris is crowded with foreign troops and visitors in the aftermath of the wars end Date: February 1917

Background imageForeign Collection: Pleasures of Pasta

Pleasures of Pasta
THE HORRORS OF FOREIGN FOOD Water I do declare - with worms in it. (soup with vermicelli) Date: 1830

Background imageForeign Collection: Illustrated page from the Welschen Gast

Illustrated page from the Welschen Gast
An illustrated page from Der Waelschen Gast (The Foreign Visitor, or The Italian Visitor) of the medieval writer Thomasin von Zirclaere. The title refers to himself, as his mother tongue was Italian

Background imageForeign Collection: Francois Pallu, French missionary to the Far East

Francois Pallu, French missionary to the Far East
Francois Pallu (1626-1684), a French Catholic bishop, a founding member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, and a missionary to the Far East. Date: circa 1670

Background imageForeign Collection: Foreign Office

Foreign Office
The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, London. It was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt. From 1861. Date: 1861

Background imageForeign Collection: Royal Air Force - Hunting Jet Provost T. 4 XP680

Royal Air Force - Hunting Jet Provost T. 4 XP680
Royal Air Force Hunting Jet Provost T.4 XP680 (msn PAC/W/18304) of The Macaws aerobatic team from the College of Air Warfare, based at Royal Air Force Manby

Background imageForeign Collection: Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando N4877V

Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando N4877V (msn 22442) of Capitol Airways. 44-78619, disposed of to the Foreign Liquidation commission on 20 August 1947 and bought by Claire L

Background imageForeign Collection: Dassault Communaute F-WJDN

Dassault Communaute F-WJDN
the Dassault MD.415 Communaute (F-WJDN) was a 1950s French twin-engined light turboprop transport aircraft, first flown on 10 May 1959

Background imageForeign Collection: Sir Anthony Eden (right) shakes hands with French Premier Guy Alcide Mollet (1905-1975

Sir Anthony Eden (right) shakes hands with French Premier Guy Alcide Mollet (1905-1975) - on 30th October 1956 outside number 10 Downing Street after discussions regarding Israels invasion of Egypt

Background imageForeign Collection: Astronauts are introduced to the American and foreign p?

Astronauts are introduced to the American and foreign p?
Astronauts are introduced to the American and foreign press at a press conference in Washington in summer 1959. From left: Maj Deke Slayton, Cdr Alan Shepard, Cdr Walter Schirra, Maj Virgil Grissom

Background imageForeign Collection: Advertising Postcard - Pickfords Foreign & General Express

Advertising Postcard - Pickfords Foreign & General Express Travel Tickets. Pickfords is a moving company based in the United Kingdom, part of Pickfords Move Management Ltd

Background imageForeign Collection: Scottish Womens Hospitals Elsie Inglis

Scottish Womens Hospitals Elsie Inglis
Shows the second unit from the Scottish Womens Hospitals for Foreign Service, prior to their departure from Cardiff in April 1915

Background imageForeign Collection: Rokumeikan or Deer Cry Hall, foreign guesthouse, Tokyo, Japa

Rokumeikan or Deer Cry Hall, foreign guesthouse, Tokyo, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageForeign Collection: WW1 - Treaty of Versailles

WW1 - Treaty of Versailles
WW1 - The Foreign Minister of Germany, Hermann Muller, seen here signing the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was signed at he Palace of Versailles on 28th June 1919

Background imageForeign Collection: First Balkan War, 1912-1913. Treaty of London in

First Balkan War, 1912-1913. Treaty of London in May 1913. One of the previous sessions of the territorial negotiations between the Ottoman Empire

Background imageForeign Collection: The Peace Conference - the treaty of Versailles, 1919

The Peace Conference - the treaty of Versailles, 1919
A pleniary session in the Clock Room at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Paris: The Allied leaders in conclave during the preparation of the Peace Treaty, 1919. Date: 1919

Background imageForeign Collection: Prenk Bib-Doda

Prenk Bib-Doda, appointed foreign minister of Albania by Prince William of Wied in May 1914. He is pictured with some of the Mirditi people, from the Mirdita district of northern Albania

Background imageForeign Collection: Lord Lansdowne, Viceroy of India

Lord Lansdowne, Viceroy of India
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, (1845-1927), British politician and Irish peer. Probably at the time he served as Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1888-1894)

Background imageForeign Collection: Boxer Rebllion, China - German Troops at Battle of Tientsin

Boxer Rebllion, China - German Troops at Battle of Tientsin, July 13th 14th, 1900. A multinational military force, representing the Eight-Nation Alliance

Background imageForeign Collection: Kaiser Wilhelms greed

Kaiser Wilhelms greed
Kaiser Wilhelm II is portrayed as greedy for foreign expansion and empire building, biting into the globe, but finds it too difficult. The caption reads L Ingordo - trop dur, The glutton - too hard

Background imageForeign Collection: John Bull showing how to make constitutional plum pudding

John Bull showing how to make constitutional plum pudding
John Bull showing the foreign powers how to make a constitutional plum pudding. The plum pudding of the British constitution rests on the table cloth of the Magna Charta / Carta

Background imageForeign Collection: Gustav Stresemann

Gustav Stresemann
Cover of the 12 December 1925 issue of The Illustrated London News, showing a portrait of Gustav Stresemann (1878 1929), who briefly served as Chancellor of Germany in 1923

Background imageForeign Collection: Lord Lansdowne

Lord Lansdowne. Part of Box 104 Boswell Collection. Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne. British politician

Background imageForeign Collection: London, England - Foreign Office Quadrangle

London, England - Foreign Office Quadrangle - View across courtyard - two sides of Three Storey Building. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection

Background imageForeign Collection: Vessel in Port - Karachi, Pakistan

Vessel in Port - Karachi, Pakistan
Smart steam vessel in Port - Karachi, Pakistan - possibly the arrival/departure of a notable foreign dignitary? Date: circa 1909

Background imageForeign Collection: Invitation to Dinner - Harold Macmillan to Ninette de Valois

Invitation to Dinner - Harold Macmillan to Ninette de Valois
Invitation to a dinner in honour of His Excellency Monsieur Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden and His Excellency Monsieur Torsten Nilsson

Background imageForeign Collection: GOUBAUD, Innocent Louis (1780-1847). Napoleon (1769-1821)

GOUBAUD, Innocent Louis (1780-1847). Napoleon (1769-1821) Receiving the Delegation from the Roman Senate, 16th November 1809. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles

Background imageForeign Collection: Japan - the Foreign settlement of Kobe

Japan - the Foreign settlement of Kobe
Lantern slide of the Foreign settlement of Kob鮠 When Kobe port was opened in 1868 after two centuries of isolation policy by the country

Background imageForeign Collection: Sir Edward Grey & Lord Haldane, outbreak of First World War

Sir Edward Grey & Lord Haldane, outbreak of First World War
Lord Haldane (Lord Chancellor, formerly Secretary of State for War) and Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Minister) on their way to a Cabinet meeting during the crisis leading up to the First World War

Background imageForeign Collection: The Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902

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

Background imageForeign Collection: Vatican City (27th August 1953). Signature of

Vatican City (27th August 1953). Signature of the Concordat between Spain and the Holy See. We can see the Spanish Foreign Minister Alberto Mart� Artajo

Background imageForeign Collection: Northern Tartar Manchu woman

Northern Tartar Manchu woman, in a Chinese scolars studio. Calligraphy is on the wall, and she is standing in front of a desk, there is a vase with a landscape painting on it

Background imageForeign Collection: Flag of the German Empire

Flag of the German Empire
The Flag of the North German Confederation (186671) and the German Empire (18711918). Also used by Weimar Republic foreign services (192233). Date: 1913

Background imageForeign Collection: Emperor Charles I of Austria and Admiral Paul von Hintze

Emperor Charles I of Austria and Admiral Paul von Hintze
Emperor Charles I of Austria (1887-1922, reigned 1916-1918) talking with Admiral Paul von Hintze (1864-1941), who served as Germanys Imperial Foreign Minister from July to October 1918

Background imageForeign Collection: Alexander Izvolsky

Alexander Izvolsky
Count Alexander Petrovich Izvolsky or Iswolsky (1856 - 1919) Russian diplomat and at the time of this photograph, Russian Foreign Minister

Background imageForeign Collection: Richard von Kuhlmann and Count von Czernin, Brest Litovsk

Richard von Kuhlmann and Count von Czernin, Brest Litovsk
Richard von Kuhlmann (1873-1948), German Foreign Secretary, signing the peace treaty of Brest Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus)

Background imageForeign Collection: Cooks Excursionist and Home & Foreign Tourist Advertiser

Cooks Excursionist and Home & Foreign Tourist Advertiser
Cover illustration for Cooks Excursionist and Home & Foreign Tourist Advertiser, with a montage of images around a globe, including St

Background imageForeign Collection: Tailors Sweat Shop, East End of London, 1904

Tailors Sweat Shop, East End of London, 1904
Engraving showing a dark, cramped tailors sweat shop with Jewish immigrants sewing at a bench or asleep in beds in same room, London, 1904

Background imageForeign Collection: Marlene Dietrich, 1933

Marlene Dietrich, 1933
Photograph showing Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) in a flannel suit with a waist coat, teamed with a bere, 1933. Marlene Dietrich

Background imageForeign Collection: Cromwell and Milton

Cromwell and Milton
OLIVER CROMWELL Oliver Cromwell dictates to the poet John Milton, Latin Secretary to the Council, who latinizes foreign dispatches

Background imageForeign Collection: New York Worlds Fair - Foreign Exhibit Building

New York Worlds Fair - Foreign Exhibit Building - Lagoon of Nations. Date: 1939

Background imageForeign Collection: Postcard explaining the currency of Chile, South America

Postcard explaining the currency of Chile, South America, with equivalent values for other countries. circa 1905

Background imageForeign Collection: Plastic card, Dollar Savings Bank, New York City, USA

Plastic card, Dollar Savings Bank, New York City, USA
Plastic card, Dollar Savings Bank, Third Avenue near 148th Street, New York City, USA -- one one side a calendar for the year, on the reverse details of opening times and services offered. Date: 1916

Background imageForeign Collection: Charles Peake, Sir Walter Monckton and Lord Hood

Charles Peake, Sir Walter Monckton and Lord Hood
Charles Peake (left-centre), head of the Foreign Office News Department, and Sir Walter Monckton (right-centre) with Lord Hood (far right). 1940

Background imageForeign Collection: Inpatients at the Chin Chun Hospital, Korea run by the S. P. G

Inpatients at the Chin Chun Hospital, Korea run by the S. P. G
Inpatients at the Chin Chun Hospital, Korea run by the S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageForeign Collection: Foreign Corps in the British Service

Foreign Corps in the British Service. Privates of the Greek Light Infantry Regiment.Aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith.From Charles Hamilton Smiths



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