Foreign Collection (page 9)

Witch finding on the Gaboon (colour litho)
2812073 Witch finding on the Gaboon (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Witch finding on the Gaboon)

A Dyak head hunt (colour litho)
2812070 A Dyak head hunt (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dyak head hunt)

Page from the Humours of Cynicus (coloured engraving)
3635917 Page from the Humours of Cynicus (coloured engraving) by Anderson, Martin " Cynicus" (1854-1932); Private Collection; (add.info)

Paris: the markets (colour litho)
3622009 Paris: the markets (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris: the markets. Illustration for Abroad by Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton (Marcus Ward)

Paris: la Fontine des Innocents (colour litho)
3622008 Paris: la Fontine des Innocents (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris: la Fontine des Innocents)

Paris: the zoo (colour litho)
3622004 Paris: the zoo (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris: the zoo. Illustration for Abroad by Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton (Marcus Ward)

Rouen: Rue de l Epicierie (colour litho)
3621990 Rouen: Rue de l Epicierie (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rouen: Rue de l Epicierie)

Rouen: "good-night"(colour litho)
3621986 Rouen: " good-night" (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rouen: " good-night")

Mark Twain (engraving)
3643572 Mark Twain (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mark Twain. Illustration for The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L Clemens)

Visit to the Paris morgue (engraving)
3643570 Visit to the Paris morgue (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Visit to the Paris morgue)

Township of Port St John s, Pondoland (b / w photo)
3092357 Township of Port St John s, Pondoland (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Township of Port St John s, Pondoland)

Front cover of Ordres francais et etrangers (book cover)
3058056 Front cover of Ordres franAzais et etrangers (book cover) by Biennais, Martin Guillaume (1764-1843); BibliothAque Paul-Marmottan, Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt, Academie des Beaux-Arts

Dinner given to the Japanese Commissioners on board U. S. S. F
1272313 Dinner given to the Japanese Commissioners on board U.S.S.F. Powhatan, 1855 (colour litho) by Heine, Wilhelm Joseph (1813-39); 15x22.375 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info.: Heine)

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

Naval and Yachting Events, British and Foreign (b / w photo)
1629111 Naval and Yachting Events, British and Foreign (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Naval and Yachting Events, British and Foreign)

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

The Royal Procession passing Hyde Park Corner, the English and Foreign Princes
1597592 The Royal Procession passing Hyde Park Corner, the English and Foreign Princes and the Indian Escort preceding the Queens Carriage (litho) by English School

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

The New Foreign and India Offices, the Park Front (engraving)
1103579 The New Foreign and India Offices, the Park Front (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Foreign and India Offices, the Park Front)

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

Early trading in Egypt, c. 1920 (litho)
1122888 Early trading in Egypt, c.1920 (litho) by Ward, Charles Daniel (1872-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hutchinsons History of the Nations published by Hutchinson & Co)

Joness Romance, the Story of a Little Trip to the Continent (colour litho)
1048313 Joness Romance, the Story of a Little Trip to the Continent (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joness Romance)

Exhibition of Sporting and Other Dogs (engraving)
2773635 Exhibition of Sporting and Other Dogs (engraving) by Clayton, B. (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Exhibition of Sporting and Other Dogs)

Paris: a merry-go-round on the Champs Elysees (colour litho)
3622010 Paris: a merry-go-round on the Champs Elysees (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris: a merry-go-round on the Champs Elysees)

Paris: the pony tramway (colour litho)
3622002 Paris: the pony tramway (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris: the pony tramway)

Paris: Punch and Judy (colour litho)
3622001 Paris: Punch and Judy (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris: Punch and Judy)

Caen: the hotel (colour litho)
3621994 Caen: the hotel (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Caen: the hotel. Illustration for Abroad by Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton (Marcus Ward)

Paris: the Gardens of the Palais Royale (colour litho)
3621999 Paris: the Gardens of the Palais Royale (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris: the Gardens of the Palais Royale)

Rouen: school drill (colour litho)
3621993 Rouen: school drill (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rouen: school drill)

Frontispice du Livre des "monnoyes etrangeres"(engraving)
3644610 Frontispice du Livre des " monnoyes etrangeres" (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fumigation for cholera at Belaggio (engraving)
3643576 Fumigation for cholera at Belaggio (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fumigation for cholera at Belaggio)

The worlds trade (colour litho)
3648955 The worlds trade (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The worlds trade)

An officer of the National Peoples Army explaining the importance and situation of the state frontier... (b / w photo)
3638403 An officer of the National Peoples Army explaining the importance and situation of the state frontier.... (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Theatre of War (engraving)
668375 The Theatre of War (engraving) by Leech, John (1817-64); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Theatre of War. Illustration for John Leechs Pictures of Life and Character (c 1890)

Dancing in the Travancore Mountains (chromolitho)
735189 Dancing in the Travancore Mountains (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dancing in the Travancore Mountains)

Edwardes Brothers & Burke, trade card (engraving)
610438 Edwardes Brothers & Burke, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edwardes Brothers & Burke)

M Theophile Delcasse (colour litho)
612654 M Theophile Delcasse (colour litho) by Guth, Jean Baptiste (fl.1883-1921) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: M Theophile Delcasse, French foreign affairs, 9 February 1899, Vanity Fair)

Figurine (clay)
BLP449472 Figurine (clay) by Egyptian 12th Dynasty (1991-1786 BC); Private Collection; (add.info.: the inscription, in Heratic script, lists Egypts enemies, amongst them Jerusalem; the figurine)

Door guardian (stone)
LIT389864 Door guardian (stone) by Chinese School (19th century); Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand; (add.info.: Bangkok Period or Kingdom of Siam (1782-1932)

Papuan Blacksmiths (engraving)
2812087 Papuan Blacksmiths (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Papuan Blacksmiths)

What came of mocking a drunken dog (colour litho)
2812068 What came of mocking a drunken dog (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: What came of mocking a drunken dog)

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