Adviser Collection

28th President of the United States
WOODROW WILSON (1856-1924). 28th President of the United States

Edward Clinton Lincoln
EDWARD CLINTON earl of LINCOLN naval commander, Lord Admiral and adviser to Queen Elizabeth

'Marquess Wellesley and the Nizam', (1902). India: Arthur Wellesley, (later 1st Duke of Wellington), was chief advisor to the Nizam of Hyderabad's army in the late 18th century

Hobart Pasha (1822-1886). English naval officer and Naval adviser to Turkey who was appointed a Marshal of the Ottoman Empire. He led the Ottoman Navy during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)

Bishop Tunstall burning copies of William Tynedale's New Testament at Cheapside
KWE5242610 Bishop Tunstall burning copies of William Tynedale's New Testament at Cheapside, London, from The Book of Martyrs by John Foxe, pub

A vertical shot of neon signs lit at night at Boardwalk Empire

Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress, confidante and adviser of Henry
Gabrielle d'Estrées, 1573-1599, mistress, confidante and adviser of Henry IV of France, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux

Konstantin Pobedonostsev
Portrait of Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827-1907) a Russian statesman, jurist, and adviser to three Tsars. Dated 19th Century

Antonio de Covarrubias y Leyva (1514-1602). Spanish humanist, canon and legal adviser. Portrait by El Greco (1541-1614), circa 1600. Oil on canvas. El Greco Museum. Toledo, Spain

Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1959. Creator: Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc
Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1959

E.M. House, between c1910 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
E.M. House, between c1910 and c1920. Shows American diplomat, politician and presidential advisor Edward Mandell House (1858-1938) also known as Colonel House

Col. E.M. House, between c1910 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. E.M. House, between c1910 and c1920. Shows American diplomat, politician and presidential advisor Edward Mandell House (1858-1938) also known as Colonel House

B. Baruch, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
B. Baruch, between c1915 and c1920. Shows businessman, philanthropist and political adviser Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870-1965)

Portrait of Kunz von der Rosen, ca. 1515 / 1518. Creator: Daniel Hopfer
Portrait of Kunz von der Rosen, ca. 1515/1518

The Inspection of Colonial Soldiers at Windsor Castle by Queen Victoria, Nov. 16, 1900, 1901. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. VI", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C

Louis XI Visiting Cardinal Balue in the Iron Cage, (1469-1481), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Louis XI. Visiting Cardinal Balue in the Iron Cage, (1469-1481), 1890

Portrait of Ferry Carondelet with his Secretaries, 1510. Creator: Sebastiano del Piombo
Portrait of Ferry Carondelet with his Secretaries, 1510

King Edward VII at a privy council meeting at Buckingham Palace
3039855 King Edward VII at a privy council meeting at Buckingham Palace, London

Sam Weller (Pickwick Papers) (colour litho)
3666925 Sam Weller (Pickwick Papers) (colour litho) by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colour lithograph from unknown source)

Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Entrance to a Palace, c1876. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Entrance to a Palace, c1876. From A Mirror of Great Warriors of Japan

Confidential advice, 1776. Creator: Abraham Delfos
Confidential advice, 1776

Portrait of Pieter Cornelis Hasselaer, Adviser to the Dutch East India Company and Burgomaster of Amsterdam, with his Family, 1763

Burrhus, Nero's Tutor, Prostrating Himself before his Sovereign Lord, 1816

Cadmus, Guided by Minerva, Observes the Spartoi Fighting, before 1747. Creator: Unknown
Cadmus, Guided by Minerva, Observes the Spartoi Fighting, before 1747

Dr. Cary T. Grayson, U.S.N. 1916
Dr. Cary T. Grayson, U.S.Navy, 1916. Surgeon, personal aide to President Woodrow Wilson, chairman of the American Red Cross

Dr. Cary Travers Grayson, U.S.N
Dr. Cary T. Grayson, U.S.Navy, Left, with Press Correspondent, 1916. Surgeon, personal aide to President Woodrow Wilson, chairman of the American Red Cross

Frederick Paul Keppel, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Frederick Paul Keppel, 1917. Asst. To Secretary of War 1917-1918; 3rd Asst. Sec. of War 1918-1919. American educator and executive; dean of Columbia College

Pres. Wilson and Agriculture Advisory Committee, between 1910 and 1920

Louis XV as a child receiving a lesson, in the presence of Cardinal de Fleury and the Regent, between 1715 and 1725

Marquess Wellesley and the Nizam, (1902). Creator: Unknown
Marquess Wellesley and the Nizam, (1902). India: Arthur Wellesley, (later 1st Duke of Wellington), was chief advisor to the Nizam of Hyderabad's army in the late 18th century

Hardouin de Beaumont de Perefixe. Creator: Balthasar Moncornet
Hardouin de Beaumont de Perefixe

Portrait of a woman, known as Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573-1599)
Portrait of a woman, known as Gabrielle d'Estrees (1573-1599), c1590

Woodrow Wilson, between 1910 and 1917. President of the United States

Army, U.S. Motor Truck Inspection, 1917. US president Woodrow Wilson, First World War, Washington, DC

Army, U.S. Motor Truck Inspection, 1917. US president Woodrow Wilson, First World War, Washington, DC

Army, U.S. Motor Truck Inspection, 1917. US president Woodrow Wilson, First World War, Washington, DC

Army, U.S. Motor Truck Inspection, 1917. US president Woodrow Wilson, First World War, Washington, DC

Army, U.S. Motor Truck Inspection, 1917. US president Woodrow Wilson, First World War, Washington, DC

Army War Game - Lt. Col. D.E. Aultman; Lt
Army War Game. Lt. Col. D.E. Aultman; Lt. Col. J.A. Shipton; Major L. Wahl; Col. George H. Cameron; Lt. Col. E D. Anderson; Lt. Col. Henry Jervey, 1917

Army War Game - Lt. Col. D.E. Aultman; Lt. Col. J.A. Shipton; Major L. [sic] Wahl; Col. George H. Cameron; Lt. Col. E D. Anderson; Lt. Col. Henry Jervey, 1917

Archibald Willingham Butt, Military Aide To President Taft - Garden Fete with President And Mrs. Taft, 1912. [Butt (left) with US president William Howard Taft and First Lady Helen Herron Taft]

U.S.S. Texas - B.T. Bonner, Aid To Governor of Texas, 1912. [Launch of US Navy warship in Virginia: aide of Oscar Branch Colquitt]

Amaliey of Solms, n.d. Creator: Cornelis de Visscher
Amaliey of Solms, n.d

Japanese envoys Kogoro Takhira (seated)
Japanese envoys Kogoro Takhira (seated, left), Jutaro¯ Komura (seated, right) with two staff members and H.W

Japanese Peace Commission & other, 1905. Japanese diplomats Kogoro Takahira (seated, left) and Jutaro¯ Komura (seated, right) with two staff members, and W.H

Sir Richard Douglas Powell (1842 - 1925), British physician, M.D. medical adviser to the Royal family and present at the death of both Queen Victoria in 1901 and Edward VII in 1910

Mehmed Said Efendi and his retinue, 1733 (oil on canvas)
3042740 Mehmed Said Efendi and his retinue, 1733 (oil on canvas) by Schroeder, George Engelhardt (1684-1750); 113x142 cm; Pera Museum, Istanbul

The Maharajah of Rewah and Court, c1891. Creator: James Grant
The Maharajah of Rewah and Court, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Wall Decoration with Story of Egeria & Numa Pompilius, 1695 / 1734
Wall Decoration with Story of Egeria & Numa Pompilius, 1695/1734

Coin Portraying Julia Maesa, 165-224. Creator: Unknown
Coin Portraying Julia Maesa, 165-224

Cardinal Richelieu and his confidant and agent Pere Joseph (engraving)
3647488 Cardinal Richelieu and his confidant and agent Pere Joseph (engraving) by German School

Francois Leclerc du Tremblay, French Capuchin friar and adviser and agent of Cardinal Richelieu
5208213 Francois Leclerc du Tremblay, French Capuchin friar and adviser and agent of Cardinal Richelieu, known as Father Joseph and the Eminence Grise (Grey Eminence) (litho) by Lasne

Snapshots of ten financiers (b / w photo)
6002609 Snapshots of ten financiers (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Snapshots of ten financiers)

Charles II and Sir William Temple, engraved by J. Parker
STC429699 Charles II and Sir William Temple, engraved by J. Parker, illustration from David Humes The History of England, pub. by R

Portrait in the Council House of Lord Burleigh (w / c on paper)
2831788 Portrait in the Council House of Lord Burleigh (w/c on paper) by Manning, Joseph (c.1801-1861/1871); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: William Cecil)

Dagobert I and St Eloi, 7th Century (chromolitho)
1093834 Dagobert I and St Eloi, 7th Century (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dagobert I and St Eloi, 7th Century)

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (oil on panel)
3508315 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (oil on panel) by English School; Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford; (add.info.: William Cecil (1520-1598) 1st Baron Burghley

The Labors of a US Presidential Candidate (Colour Litho)
2777876 The Labors of a US Presidential Candidate (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The labors of a candidate for the President of the United States)

Truman and his Military Advisors, 1949. Creator: Augustus Vincent Tack
Truman and his Military Advisors, 1949

Nah-pope adviser to Black Hawk, 1832. Creator: George Catlin
Nah-pope adviser to Black Hawk, 1832

Wah-pe-kee-suck, White Cloud (called the Prophet), Adviser to Black Hawk, 1832

Thurlow Weed, c. 1843. Creator: Chester Harding
Thurlow Weed, c. 1843

Sir Brian Tuke, c. 1527 / 1528 or c. 1532 / 1534. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Sir Brian Tuke, c. 1527/1528 or c. 1532/1534

Lucrezia Tornabuoni, c. 1475. Creator: Domenico Ghirlandaio
Lucrezia Tornabuoni, c. 1475. Attributed to Domenico Ghirlandaio

The Genius of Salvator Rosa, ca. 1662. Creator: Salvator Rosa
The Genius of Salvator Rosa, ca. 1662

Portrait of Everhard van Reyd, Councillor of William, Prince of Orange, 1602

Louis Berryer, 1667. Creator: Claude Mellan
Louis Berryer, 1667. Advisor to the counsel of Louis XIV

Portrait of Leonardos Philaras, 1651. Creator: Claude Mellan
Portrait of Leonardos Philaras, 1651

Francesco I d Este Invites Foreign Scholars to Court, from L Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...], 1659

Francesco I d Este Presents Himself with Warmth and Humility with Representatives of the Republic of Venice and the Duke of Savoy, from L Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d Este

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Advisers: Guiding Lights in the Halls of Power" In this captivating snapshot from history, we witness President Woodrow Wilson surrounded by his trusted advisers at the White House. Among them stands Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo, a key figure in shaping economic policies during Wilson's presidency. The front row also features Bernard Baruch, an influential advisor known for his expertise in business and finance. Meanwhile, Herbert Hoover can be seen standing tall at the back row, foreshadowing his future role as President. Moving across continents and time periods, our journey takes us to General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, a distinguished British army officer who served valiantly during World War I. His presence reminds us of the crucial role played by military strategists in shaping historical events. Delving further into history's tapestry, we encounter Sir Richard Douglas Powell and MS. Marlay's depiction of Vegitius receiving young Prince Edward and his companions on vellum—an exquisite portrayal of wise counsel being imparted to future leaders. The canvas shifts again to 18th-century Istanbul where Mehmed Said Efendi and his retinue command attention with their regal presence. Their guidance undoubtedly influenced political decisions that shaped the Ottoman Empire. Stepping into France's tumultuous past, we find ourselves witnessing Louis XI visiting Cardinal Balue imprisoned within an iron cage—a stark reminder that even those entrusted with advising monarchs could face treacherous consequences if they faltered. Our gaze then turns towards Superintendent Semblancay facing a grim fate as depicted in George G. Toudouze's illustration—highlighting how advisors sometimes become pawns caught up in power struggles throughout history. Transported to India next, we are captivated by James Grant's portrayal of the Maharajah of Rewah and Court—a testament to the indispensable wisdom provided by courtiers who guided rulers through complex political landscapes.