Foreign Minister Collection

Ralph Wardlaw Thompson
3586092 Ralph Wardlaw Thompson; (add.info.: Portrait of Ralph Wardlaw Thompson (1842-1916) a British Foreign Minister. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Gustav Stresemann
3586186 Gustav Stresemann; (add.info.: Photograph of Gustav Stresemann (1878-1929) a German politician, statesman and Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic

Count Gyula Andrassy
2624201 Count Gyula Andrassy; (add.info.: Count Gyula Andrassy (8 March 1823 - 18 February 1890) was a Hungarian statesman

Le Nouveau Regime; M.Paul Milioukof, chef des Cadets, ministre des Affaires etrangeres, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Le Nouveau Regime; M. Paul Milioukof, chef des Cadets, ministre des Affaires etrangeres, 1917. First World War: the New Regime - Pavel Milyukov, leader of the Cadet Party

Viscount Ishii Kikujiro, Head of Japanese Mision [sic] To U.S. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Viscount Ishii Kikujiro, Head of Japanese Mission To U.S. 1917. Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan (holding gloves)

Viscount Ishii Kikujiro, Head of Japanese Mision [sic] To U.S. at Annapolis... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Viscount Ishii Kikujiro, Head of Japanese Mission To U.S. at Annapolis: 3rd from Left Front, 1917

Le President de la Republique en Russie; Les ministres des Affaires etrangeres, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Le President de la Republique en Russie; Les ministres des Affaires etrangeres de France et de Russie, M Viviani, president du Conseil, et M Sazonof'

G. Milikoff [sic] of Russia, 1917. Creator: Unknown
G. Milikoff of Russia, 1917. Russian historian and liberal politician Pavel Milyukov was the founder and leader of the Constitutional Democratic party

"Un mangeur de coeurs. Albert Ehrensvärd", 1850. Creator: Fritz von Dardel. "Un mangeur de coeurs
"Un mangeur de coeurs. Albert Ehrensvard", 1850. Man with monocle among women

Nikola i Karlovich Girs, half-length portrait, facing front, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Nikola i Karlovich Girs, half-length portrait, facing front, between 1880 and 1886

Cinema-Cannes-Festival-1949-Reed
British director Carol Reed (C) receives from French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman (L) the Grand Prix du Festival de Cannes during the third Cannes Film Festival

Yalta Conference of Allied leaders, World War II, 4-11 February 1945. Seated left to right: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin

Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, Chinese Communist leaders, c1950s(?). Mao (1893) and Zhou (1898-1976) were the two foremost leaders of the Peoples Republic of China after the Communist revolution of 1949

Reis Effendi, Reis ul-Kuttab, head clerk, Foreign Minister, Secretary of State to the Ottoman Empire
6340246 Reis Effendi, Reis ul-Kuttab, head clerk, Foreign Minister, Secretary of State to the Ottoman Empire by Dalvimart, Octavian (18th century) (after); (add.info.: Reis Effendi, Reis ul-Kuttab)

Foreign affairs and wars during the reign of Louis XIV of France, 1661-1715 (colour litho)
5207746 Foreign affairs and wars during the reign of Louis XIV of France, 1661-1715 (colour litho) by Girard, Joseph (fl.1930-50); Private Collection; (add.info)

Jules Favre
" Jules Favre (1809-1880)engraved from a photograph and published by William Mackenzie and Co in 1880.Restored by Pictore.Very high resolution available (XXXL)

On 3 June 1972 the foreign ministers of the Four Powers signed the final protocol to the Quadripartite Agreement
3638400 On 3 June 1972 the foreign ministers of the Four Powers signed the final protocol to the Quadripartite Agreement on West Berlin at the building formerly used by the Allied Control Council in

Sir Henry Elliot presenting his Credentials to Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid at the Palace of Dolma Bagtche (engraving)
1053872 Sir Henry Elliot presenting his Credentials to Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid at the Palace of Dolma Bagtche (engraving) by English School

Theophile Delcasse, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (litho)
2818963 Theophile Delcasse, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theophile Delcasse, French Minister of Foreign Affairs)

Death of Prince Lobanov, Russian Foreign Minister (colour litho)
2818778 Death of Prince Lobanov, Russian Foreign Minister (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Death of Prince Lobanov, Russian Foreign Minister)

Edouard Antoine de Thouvenel, 1865-66 (litho)
2641297 Edouard Antoine de Thouvenel, 1865-66 (litho) by Lemoine, Auguste Charles (1822-69); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edouard Antoine de Thouvenel)

Jean Ernest Ducos de La Hitte, 1865-66 (litho)
2641245 Jean Ernest Ducos de La Hitte, 1865-66 (litho) by Lemoine, Auguste Charles (1822-69); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jean Ernest Ducos de La Hitte, Jean Ernest Ducos)

Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar (1773-1859) Prince of Metternich-Winneburg, c
CHT218620 Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar (1773-1859) Prince of Metternich-Winneburg, c.1815 (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Lord John Russell, c. 1860s (b / w photo)
696671 Lord John Russell, c.1860s (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)

Charles Gravier (1717-87) Comte de Vergennes in Oriental Costume, 1766 (oil on canvas)
CHT214093 Charles Gravier (1717-87) Comte de Vergennes in Oriental Costume, 1766 (oil on canvas) by Favray, Antoine (1706-98); Private Collection; (add.info)

Prince Alexander Gorchakov, Russian statesman (litho)
3102577 Prince Alexander Gorchakov, Russian statesman (litho) by Mayer, Carl (1798-1868) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prince Alexander Gorchakov (1798-1883), Russian statesman

Minister Galeazzo Ciano, former commander of the glorious The Desperate Squadron, returns... (colour litho)
2778501 Minister Galeazzo Ciano, former commander of the glorious The Desperate Squadron, returns... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Jose Cristobal Sorni, Spanish politician (litho)
3620593 Jose Cristobal Sorni, Spanish politician (litho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jose Cristobal Sorni (1813-1888), Spanish politician

Andres Bello, Venezuelan humanist, politician; philosopher and poet (litho)
3620598 Andres Bello, Venezuelan humanist, politician; philosopher and poet (litho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Andres Bello (1781-1865), Venezuelan humanist

Vyachesav Molotov, Soviet politician, diplomat and Foreign Minister (b / w photo)
3101018 Vyachesav Molotov, Soviet politician, diplomat and Foreign Minister (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vyachesav Molotov (1890-1986)

Farewell Audience of French Ambassador Charles Gravier (1717-87), Comte de Vergennes
CHT271765 Farewell Audience of French Ambassador Charles Gravier (1717-87), Comte de Vergennes, with the Sultan Mustafa III (1717-74) in Constantinople on 17th December 1768 (gouache on paper)

Audience of Charles Gravier (1717-87), Comte de Vergennes
CHT214091 Audience of Charles Gravier (1717-87), Comte de Vergennes, with the Sultan Osman III (1699-1757) in Constantinople, 1755 (oil on canvas) by Favray

Count Mikhail Muravyov, Russian Foreign Minister (colour litho)
971853 Count Mikhail Muravyov, Russian Foreign Minister (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Count Mikhail Muravyov, Russian Foreign Minister)

Earl Granville, KG, the New Foreign Minister (engraving)
1045376 Earl Granville, KG, the New Foreign Minister (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Earl Granville, KG, the New Foreign Minister)

Peace negotiations between Russia and Japan to end the Russo-Japanese War at Portsmouth, New Hampshire (colour litho)
3097532 Peace negotiations between Russia and Japan to end the Russo-Japanese War at Portsmouth, New Hampshire (colour litho) by French School

Frederick William III of Prussia in discussions with his Prime Minister, Karl August von Hardenberg
3647660 Frederick William III of Prussia in discussions with his Prime Minister, Karl August von Hardenberg and Klemens von Metternich, the Austrian Foreign Minister (engraving) by German School

Klemens von Metternich, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg, German diplomat and statesman (engraving)
3647628 Klemens von Metternich, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg, German diplomat and statesman (engraving) by German School

Napoleon Daru, 1865-66 (litho)
2641072 Napoleon Daru, 1865-66 (litho) by Lafosse, Jean Baptiste Adolphe (1810/14-79); Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleon Daru, Napoleon, comte Daru: 11.06.1807 - 20.02.1890 French politician)

Arthur Balfour, British Conservative politician and Prime Minister (b / w photo)
6015389 Arthur Balfour, British Conservative politician and Prime Minister (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arthur Balfour (1848-1930)

The Congress of Paris, 1856 (litho)
5208468 The Congress of Paris, 1856 (litho) by Dubufe, Edouard Louis (1820-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Congress of Paris, 1856)

Benjamin franklin (XXXL)
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, engraved by

M. Guizot, 1844. Creator: Unknown
M. Guizot, 1844. French politician Francois Guizot accompanied King Louis Philippe on a visit to Britain. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Prince von Metternich, c1815, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Prince von Metternich, c1815, (1936). Furst Metternich. Portrait of Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince von Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein (1773-1859)

Count Okuma, Ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, at home, Tokyo, Japan, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

Marquis Komura Jutaro (1855-1911), statesman and diplomat in Meiji period Japan, 1906
Marquis Komura Jutaro (1855-1911) was a statesman and diplomat in Meiji period Japan. From June 1906 to August 1908, Komura served as ambassador to Great Britain

Zhou Enlai, first Premier of the Peoples Republic of China, c1950s(?). Zhou (1898-1976) was one of the foremost leaders of the Peoples Republic of China after the Communist revolution of 1949

Mao Zedong and Chen Yi, Chinese Communist leaders, c1960s(?). Mao (1893-1976) with Chen Yi (1901-1972), who was a senior commander in the Peoples Liberation Army

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"The Foreign Minister: A Global Perspective Through History" From the glitz and glamour of Cinema Cannes Festival in 1949 to the intense political discussions at the Yalta Conference in 1945, foreign ministers have played a pivotal role in shaping world events. In the early years of communism, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai emerged as prominent Chinese Communist leaders, navigating their country through turbulent times during the mid-20th century. Traveling back further in time, we witness a solemn ceremony in Berlin for the signing of the Italian-German Pact. This event serves as a reminder of how foreign ministers have often been key players in forging alliances and shaping international relations. The engraving titled "A Strong Proof of the Flourishing State of the Country exemplified in Proposed Emigration to Cape Good Hope. " takes us back to 1819 when migration was seen as an opportunity for countries to expand their influence abroad. The role of foreign ministers becomes evident here as they facilitate diplomatic ties with other nations. Reis Effendi, also known as Reis ul-Kuttab, held significant positions such as head clerk, Foreign Minister, and Secretary of State within the Ottoman Empire. His story sheds light on how foreign ministries were organized even centuries ago. During Louis XIV's reign over France from 1661 to 1715, his foreign minister played a crucial role in managing international affairs and wars. This period witnessed France's rise as a dominant European power under skilled diplomacy. Jules Favre stands out among notable figures who left their mark on history by negotiating peace treaties that shaped nations' destinies. His efforts demonstrate how they can be instrumental in resolving conflicts diplomatically. Moving forward to more recent times, we see black-and-white photographs capturing significant moments like the final protocol signing at West Berlin's Allied Control Council building during June 1972. These images serve as reminders that even amidst Cold War tensions, foreign ministers worked towards finding common ground.