Meeting Collection (page 9)

Russo-German Negotiations at Brest-Litovsk 1918
Double page from The Illustrated London News, 12th January 1918, with photographs of the Bolshevist minister in London Maxim Litvinoff, Lenin

EDENs VISIT TO RUSSIA
Anthony Edens meeting with Josef Stalin in Moscow, described as the first visit of a British minister to Soviet Russia since the Revolution. Date: 1935

King Henry VIII meeting with King Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in Balinghem, France. Date: 1520

Provident racegoers enjoy a picnic between races at the Ascot meeting Date: 1844

Napoleon is ferried halfway across the Niemen river, near Tilsit, to meet Alexander I and negotiate terms with him Date: 25-6 June 1807

MUSSOLINI GOES TO WAR
BENITO MUSSOLINI During World War Two, he displays his courage and risks his life by taking part in naval operations, meeting a convoy in the open sea Date: 1883 - 1945

Poncelet Castar O-BAFG (meeting no. 7 ; flying as a glider with the engine removed) ready for bungee launch at the Congres experimental de vol sans moteur de Vauville 1923

Fiedler 1910 Eindecker powered by a 50 PS Daimler engine. (PS= Pferd starke - a German equivalent of horsepower) Paul Fiedler was one of Austrias early aviation pioneers

Title page, The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, with an illustration to the poem The Twa Dogs. Date: 1866

Front cover illustration of a period scene showing a man bowing to greet two ladies

Loughwood Meeting House, Dalwood, near Axminster, Devon, England, was built c. 1653 as a Baptist chapel. It has a noted early 18th century interior. Date: circa 1653

A meeting of three leaders during the Napoleonic Wars -- Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Napoleon Bonaparte of France and Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, meet on a raft in the Niemen river

Duke of York and Father King George V at Royal Horse Show
Duke of York and Father King George V greet one another at Royal Horse Show, Richmond before heading in to inspect the finest bloodstock in the land. Date: 1928

The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paul by Sassetta (1392-1450) - Sienese - painted on wood panel Date: circa 1450

Duke and Duchess of York visit the Guest Hospital, Dudley
A fine photograph of the Duke and Duchess of York visiting the Guest Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands. The Guest Hospital had an extensive Childrens section

Albert, Duke of York at a glider meeting, Lympne, Kent
Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI) with Sir Samuel Hoare (1880-1959) (later Viscount Templewood) at a light aircraft meeting at the Lympne Aerodrome, Kent

Albert, Duke of York - Motorcycle Meeting at Brooklands
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - Motorcycle Meeting at Brooklands in aid of the Middlesex Hospital and the Industrial Welfare Society in late May 1921

Albert, Duke of York - Point-to-Point at Great Brington
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - having a cigarette whilst sharing a bit of local gossip with Old Smiler (a character present at most hunt meetings)

Prince Albert - his tutor Mr Hansell - Lord Desborough
Prince Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI) - his tutor Mr H. P. Hansell - William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough (1855-1945)

Underground Meeting in the Puteaux Quarries, Paris 1869
Underground meeting in the Puteaux Quarries, during the Paris elections. Date: 12 November 1869

Womens archery in Regents Park, London 1900
Ladies meeting of the Royal Toxophilite Society, in the Botanic Gardens in Regents Park. Date: 1900

GARIBALDI / TENNYSON
Garibaldi visits England : he calls on the poet Tennyson at Farringford, on the Isle of Wight. Date: April 1864

27TH IPU CONFERENCE
Delegates listen attentively at the 27th conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (established in 1889) held in Bucharest, Romania Date: 1931

TEMPERANCE MEETING 1846
A scene at the World Temperance Convention, held at the Covent Garden Theatre, London. Date: 1846

MEETING IN PARIS
Banquet at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, to attract French support for the Exhibition project. Date: 1851

MEETING OF LADIES 1850
Meeting of the Ladies Committee at Stafford House, Piccadilly, in aid of the Great Exhibition of Industry of All Nations, to be held in 1851. Date: 1850

MEETING OF MERCHANTS 1850
Albert and the Lord Mayor of London hold a meeting at the Mansion House, where leading merchants and manufacturers are invited to support the Exhibition project. Date: 1850

ALEX. PARK ARCHERY 1864
Female archers compete during a National Archery meeting at Alexandra Park, London. Date: 1864

EXETER HALL / MEETING 1844
Exeter Hall: interior view, with a large May Meeting in progress (many charitable organisations held their meetings there) Date: 1844

JINGO MEETING 1878
Anti-Russian jingoes meet in the Guildhall, London - We dont want to fight, but by Jingo, if we do, weve got the ships, weve got the men, weve got the money too ! Date: 1878

CHINESE COMMUNISTS
A communist street meeting in Canton, China. Date: 1920s

Henry Percy and King Richard II
The meeting of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland and Richard II Date: 1399

LEAGUE OF NATIONS / 1929
The 10th meeting of the League of Nations at Geneva. Briand makes his pacifist speech. Date: 1929

MEETING OF PROTESTANTS
Persecuted protestants meet secretly in the hills, Provence. Date: circa 1700

A lecture at the London Institution
Dr Syntax attends a scientific lecture at the London Institution. Date: 1820

BRAZZA
PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE BRAZZA French explorer in the Congo, 1875-1885 Date: 1852 - 1905

COMMUNE / MEETING
A woman addresses the crowd during a political meeting held in a church Date: 1871

British Association, 1847
Meeting of the British Association at Oxford : general meeting in the University (Sheldonian) Theatre Date: June 1847

ROTTEN ROW IN SEASON
Riders and their friends in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, the recognised meeting-place for fashionable society on a fine summers day Date: 1871

ASCOT GEORGE V 1925
Fashionable racegoers at the Ascot meeting watch the arrival of King George V Date: 1925

Fund Committee in Coventry 1861
Meeting with distressed ribbon weavers, Relief Fund Committee was held in the kitchen of St. Marys Hall, Coventry, due to the cotton famine. Date: 1861

GERMAN MERCHANTS MEET
A meeting of German merchants Date: 16th century

COUNTRY FAIR / MEETING
A couple meet up with a friend for a chat at a country fair. Date: 1825

HEATH / GREETING FRIEND
Meeting a friend, the old way and the new way - a satirical perspective. Date: 1830

HUNTING HOG / TIGRESS CUBS
HOG-HUNTERS MEETING BY SURPRISE A TIGRESS AND HER CUBS Date: 1807

IRISH POLITICAL MEETING
A political meeting in progress in Ireland during elections, union flags displayed prominently on the wall - the candidate tries to speak in a hostile atmosphere Date: 1893

New Lloyds Coffee House
The New Lloyds Coffee House, Popes Head Alley, London - the recognised meeting-place for marine insurers Date: after 1769

Meeting Postman
A girl holds out her pinafore to receive the many Valentines she is expecting the postman to give her Date: 1886

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