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Foreign Collection (page 22)

"Exploring the World through Foreign Eyes

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

Background imageForeign Collection: London - The Foreign Offices, Whitehall

London - The Foreign Offices, Whitehall Date: circa 1906

Background imageForeign Collection: Return of the Duke and Duchess of York - Royal group

Return of the Duke and Duchess of York - Royal group
The Homecoming of the Duke and Duchess of York following their tour of New Zealand and Australia in 1927 (without the young Princess Elizabeth) - Royal group

Background imageForeign Collection: China - Foreign Hotel

China - Foreign Hotel - Low building, staff in doorway, sleeping dog on path. Part of Box 167 Boswell collection - Tour in China. Date: circa 1900

Background imageForeign Collection: China - Foreign house-boat

China - Foreign house-boat - Father with sons and dog, riverside. Part of Box 167 Boswell collection - Tour in China. Date: circa 1900

Background imageForeign Collection: Japanese Ministers in Paris and Saint Petersburg

Japanese Ministers in Paris and Saint Petersburg
Japanese Ministers in Paris, France (Mr Motono) and Saint Petersburg (Mr Kurino). Date: circa 1901

Background imageForeign Collection: Children swimming, Dejima, Nagasaki, Japan, circa 1890

Children swimming, Dejima, Nagasaki, Japan, circa 1890 - Dejima was the site of the first foreign settlement in Japan. Date: circa 1890

Background imageForeign Collection: Shameen, foreign settlement, Canton (Guanzhou) China

Shameen, foreign settlement, Canton (Guanzhou) China circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Background imageForeign Collection: Dejima, the foreign settlement in Nagasaki, Japan, circa 188

Dejima, the foreign settlement in Nagasaki, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageForeign Collection: Shameen (foreign settlement) Canton Guangzhou China

Shameen (foreign settlement) Canton Guangzhou China, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageForeign Collection: Donald Mackenzie Wallace, English civil servant and writer

Donald Mackenzie Wallace, English civil servant and writer
Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1841-1919), English civil servant, newspaper editor and foreign correspondent. circa 1900s

Background imageForeign Collection: Berlin, Ovation of German and foreign doctors to dr. Koch (1

Berlin, Ovation of German and foreign doctors to dr. Koch (1
Robert Koch (1843-1910). German physician. Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1905. Berlin, Ovation of German and foreign doctors to dr. Koch, leaving the hospital. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890

Background imageForeign Collection: James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807 A?i? 1889

James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807 A?i? 1889), styled Viscount FitzHarris from 1820 to 1841. British statesman of the Victorian era. Colored engraving. Historia Universal, 1881

Background imageForeign Collection: Paul von Hatzfeldt (1831-1901). Was a German diplomat. Engra

Paul von Hatzfeldt (1831-1901). Was a German diplomat. Engra
Paul von Hatzfeldt (1831-1901). Was a German diplomat. Count Hatzfeldt served as Ambassador to Constantinople from 1878 to 1881, as Foreign Secretary and head of the Foreign Office from 1881 to 1885

Background imageForeign Collection: Vicente Lopez (1772-1850). Spanish painter. The Catholic Kin

Vicente Lopez (1772-1850). Spanish painter. The Catholic King and Queen with an Embassy from the King of Fez, 1790. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Madrid. Spain

Background imageForeign Collection: Chlodwig Carl Viktor, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst, P

Chlodwig Carl Viktor, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst, Prince of Ratibor and Corvey (1819 A?o??n?1901). Prince of Hohenlohe

Background imageForeign Collection: Baron Heinrich Karl von Haymerle (1828A?o??n?1881) was an

Baron Heinrich Karl von Haymerle (1828A?o??n?1881) was an Austrian statesman. Served as ambassador in Copenhagen (1864), took part in negotiating the Treaty of Prague (1866)

Background imageForeign Collection: Letter from the Consulate of Naples in Barcelona

Letter from the Consulate of Naples in Barcelona to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Naples with news about shipwrecks of neapolitans ships in the catalan coast

Background imageForeign Collection: The postal censorship: deciphering languages

The postal censorship: deciphering languages
Page showing a series of photos depicting some medals intercepted from Germany, as well as letters marked as photographs which contained rubber and leather instead

Background imageForeign Collection: Cartoon, English actors will soon be crowded out

Cartoon, English actors will soon be crowded out. 1880

Background imageForeign Collection: Cartoon, John Bull and Disraeli

Cartoon, John Bull and Disraeli
Cartoon, A Dangerous Performance. Benjamin Disraeli fires a Foreign Policy cannon ball at John Bull. 1880

Background imageForeign Collection: Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice

Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice
Lord EDMOND GEORGE FITZMAURICE Statesman employed in the Foreign Office. Date: 1846 - 1935

Background imageForeign Collection: Jules Favre, Minister

Jules Favre, Minister
GABRIEL CLAUDE JULES FAVRE French lawyer and statesman, when Minister for Foreign Affairs. Date: 1809 - 1880

Background imageForeign Collection: Dudley Vct Dorchester

Dudley Vct Dorchester
DUDLEY CARLETON, viscount DORCHESTER, statesman and diplomat in the service of James I, involved in many foreign negotiations. Date: 1573 - 1632

Background imageForeign Collection: Bismarck 1863

Bismarck 1863
OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD, graf von BISMARCK, in 1863, when he is the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs. Date: 1815-1898

Background imageForeign Collection: Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage

Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage
JEAN-DENIS BARBIE DU BOCAGE (1760 - 1825) French geographer in the Foreign Ministry, member of the Institut. Date: circa 1810

Background imageForeign Collection: Cardinal Alberoni - Head

Cardinal Alberoni - Head
GIULIO ALBERONI Italian cardinal, 1719 statesman in Spain where his foreign policy will lead to a disastrous war and his banishment from the country. Date: 1664 - 1752

Background imageForeign Collection: Cardinal Giulio Alberoni

Cardinal Giulio Alberoni
GIULIO ALBERONI Italian cardinal, statesman in Spain where his foreign policy will lead to a disastrous war and his banishment from the country. Date: 1664 - 1752

Background imageForeign Collection: Post Office Sorting 1904

Post Office Sorting 1904
The General Post Office, St Martin s-Le-Grand, London: Foreign Mail Sorting Room. (1 of 2) Date: 1904

Background imageForeign Collection: War is a Business

War is a Business
English Foreign Minister Sir Edward Grey is depicted by the Germans as acting on the principle that War is a business like any other Date: August 1914

Background imageForeign Collection: Chess Game Interrupted

Chess Game Interrupted
A game of chess between father and daughter is interrupted by the return of the son from foreign shores. Date: 1922

Background imageForeign Collection: Nikita Ivanovich Panin

Nikita Ivanovich Panin
NIKITA IVANOVICH PANIN Russian statesman; minister of foreign affairs under Catherine the Great Date: 1718 - 1783

Background imageForeign Collection: Vienna / Foreign Office

Vienna / Foreign Office
The Foreign Office, Vienna. The Vienna Conference of 1855 was held here. Date: 1855

Background imageForeign Collection: Strike / Enrolment / 1926

Strike / Enrolment / 1926
Volunteers queuing at a Foreign Office building to enrol for duties during the General Strike Date: 1926

Background imageForeign Collection: Disraeli / Bombastes

Disraeli / Bombastes
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy as Bombastes, daring any foreign power to go against British Interests overseas Date: 4 August 1877

Background imageForeign Collection: Rathenau Shot in Berlin

Rathenau Shot in Berlin
German foreign minister, Walther Rathenau, assassinated in Berlin by political opponents. Date: July 1922

Background imageForeign Collection: John William Ward Earl O

John William Ward Earl O
JOHN WILLIAM WARD 1st Earl of Dudley & 4th viscount of Dudley & Ward English statesman, he was foreign secretary 1827 - 8. Date: 1781 - 1833

Background imageForeign Collection: Lloyds Journals

Lloyds Journals
Reading the foreign journals for news of shipping Date: 1846

Background imageForeign Collection: Exhibitions / France

Exhibitions / France
Opening of the Paris Exhibition 1878: reception of foreign Princes and Ambassadors in the Trocadero. Date: 1878

Background imageForeign Collection: HALVDAN KOHT (1973-1965)

HALVDAN KOHT (1973-1965)
HALVDAN KOHT Norwegian politician, in his office during his time as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1935 - 1941). Date: 1873 - 1965

Background imageForeign Collection: Envelope, Westminster Foreign Bank Limited, Paris

Envelope, Westminster Foreign Bank Limited, Paris
Envelope, Westminster Foreign Bank Limited, 22 Place Vendome, Paris. France, addressed to The Manager, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK. Date: early 1920s

Background imageForeign Collection: Ambassador arrives at the Palais de Versailles, France

Ambassador arrives at the Palais de Versailles, France
A foreign ambassador arrives at the Palais de Versailles to pay his respects to the King. Date: Early 18th century

Background imageForeign Collection: Map / Asia / China C1880

Map / Asia / China C1880
China Proper showing the individual provinces, and underlining names of ports open to foreign trade Date: circa 1880

Background imageForeign Collection: The New Foreign and India Offices - The Quadrangle

The New Foreign and India Offices - The Quadrangle Date: 1866

Background imageForeign Collection: The New Foreign and India Offices - The Park Front

The New Foreign and India Offices - The Park Front Date: 1866

Background imageForeign Collection: Monument, Sidi-Bel-Abbes, NW Algeria, North Africa

Monument, Sidi-Bel-Abbes, NW Algeria, North Africa
Monument at Sidi-Bel-Abbes, NW Algeria, North Africa -- French Foreign Legion, Honour and Loyalty. Date: circa 1920



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"Exploring the World through Foreign Eyes: A Glimpse into History and Adventure" Immerse yourself in a captivating journey as we unravel the tales lands and extraordinary individuals. Step back in time to the early 20th century, where brave soldiers from the Kings Own Scottish Borderers proudly donned their uniforms, defending their homeland with unwavering loyalty. Gaze upon an intriguing poster for England's Glory Matches, igniting a sense of national pride and unity among sports enthusiasts across the nation. Marvel at a vintage "See the World" poster that beckons you to embark on an unforgettable voyage, promising breathtaking landscapes and cultural encounters beyond imagination. Discover Colonel Rollet, a valiant hero of the French Foreign Legion during WW1. His courage echoes through history as he fought alongside his comrades against adversity. Transport yourself to 1937 with an International Air Rally Poster that captures the excitement and anticipation surrounding aviation advancements during this golden era of exploration. Witness T. E. Lawrence, Colonel Dawnay, and Commander Hogarth united by their shared love for adventure as they navigate uncharted territories together – forging bonds that transcend borders. Uncover mysteries behind France's enigmatic Foreign Legion – its allure attracting those seeking redemption or escape from their past lives; tales of bravery etched into every legionnaire's soul. Delve into a thought-provoking French poster proclaiming "The Future Lies in Socialism, " offering insight into political ideologies shaping nations during times of change and revolution. Join Cooks Excursionist on one of their renowned journeys – opening doors to new cultures while indulging your wanderlust amidst stunning landscapes across continents far away from home. Witness SS Norman arriving at Southampton in 1903–a symbol of globalization connecting distant shores–as people eagerly awaited arrivals from foreign lands brimming with exotic treasures yet undiscovered.