Independence Collection (page 4)

Nathaniel P Banks, (1816-1894), 1920s
General Nathaniel P Banks was born in 1826 and on 14 July 1870 presented a report to the congress foreign relations committee, calling for the recognition of Cuban independece. He died in 1894

Daniel Sickles, (1819-1914), 1920s
General Daniel Sickles, born in New York in 1825, became a general during the war of secession (American Civil War), and was appointed ambassador to The United States in Madrid in 1869

Juan B Spotorno, (1832-1917), 1920s
John B Spotorno, born in Trinidad in 1832, was a colonel during the Villas uprising in February 1869. He was a Cuban Patriot of Italian origin who became President of the Republic in Arms of Cuba in

Lady Fitzgerald, supporter of Irish independence, 1907
Stephanie Caroline Anne Syms, Lady Edward FitzGerald (c1773-1831) was the wife of Lord Edward FitzGerald (1763?1798), radical revolutionary and leading United Irishman

Jose Aniceto Iznaga (1791-1860), Cuban patriot during the Cuban Wars of Independence, c1910. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona

General Enrique Collazo, c1910
Enrique Collazo (1848-1925), General and Commander in the Cuban Revolutionary Army, c1910. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona

Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), Venezuelan military and political leader, c1910. Bolivar played a key role in Latin Americas successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire

Statue of Jose Maceo in Cuba, c1910
Statue of Jose Maceo in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, c1910. Lt General Jose Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales (1845-1896) was second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence

Francisco Aguero
Francisco de Aguero. In 1826, the first armed uprising for independence took place in Puerto Principe (Camaguey Province), led by Francisco de Aguero and Andres Manuel Sanchez

The Bartholdi Fountain and the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Kilburn Brothers
The Bartholdi Fountain and the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. The fountain was designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

Joan of Arc, 15th century French patriot and martyr, 1906. Claiming divine inspiration, Joan of Arc (c1412-1431) persuaded Charles VII to declare himself King of France

The past, the present and the future of Belgium, 1905. Souvenir postcard issued in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Belgiums independence

The Land-Grabber Parade, 1889. From a supplement to United Ireland, 13 April 1889. United Ireland was a newsaper owned by Irish nationalist political leader Charles Stewart Parnell

Urbi et Orbi, 1889. Henry Jeams, Sir Wretched Fibster and John Bull. Sir Wretched Fibster was the name given by Irish supporters of Home Rule to Sir Richard Webster (1842-1915)

Birthplace of the flag of the United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, c1930s. Artist: Ewing Galloway
Birthplace of the flag of the United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, c1930s. No 239, Arch Street, the house where Betsy Ross is said to have made the first Stars and Stripes flag in 1777

William I, Prince of Orange, (1816). Artist: Charles Turner
William I, Prince of Orange, (1816). Known as William the Silent (1533-1584), he was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that sparked the Eighty Years War

John Jay, American statesman, from a print published in 1783, (c1880). Artist: Whymper
John Jay, American statesman, from a print published in 1783, (c1880). One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Jay (1745-1829) was President of the Continental Congress from 1778-1779

Washington taking leave of his old comrades, 1783 (c1880). With the independence of the Uniyed States secured by the Treaty of Paris

Silas Deane, 18th century American statesman and diplomat, c1880. Deane (1737-1789) was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War

George Washington on his deathbed, Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA, 1799 (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume II, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Proclamation of illuminations commemorating the surrender of General Cornwallis, 1781 (c1880). Facsimile. The surrender of the British army commanded by General Cornwallis at the Siege of Yorktown is

John Hancock, 18th century American statesman, c1880. Hancock (1737-1793) served as President of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1777

The installation of George Washington as President of the United States, 1789 (c1880). Washington, who had commanded the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War

Henry Laurens, American political leader during the War of Independence (c1880). Artist: Whymper
Henry Laurens, American political leader during the War of Independence (c1880). A merchant and rice planter from South Carolina

Virginia paper money, 1777 (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume II, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Simon Bolivar monument, Lima, Peru, early 20th century. Bolivar (1783-1830) is known as the Liberator of South America from Spanish rule

The swearing of the oath of ratification of the treaty of Munster, 1648 (c1870). Artist: JH Rennefeld
The swearing of the oath of ratification of the treaty of Munster, 1648 (c1870). The signing of the Treaty of Munster brought an end to the Eighty Years War

The capture of s-Hertogenbosch by Frederik Hendrik of Orange, Netherlands, 1629, (c1870). Artist: CL van Kesteren
The capture of s-Hertogenbosch by Frederik Hendrik of Orange, Netherlands, 1629, (c1870). During the Eighty Years War the town of s-Hertogenbosch sided with the Catholic Spanish against

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt meeting Earl of Leicester, 1585-1587 (c1870). Artist: Van Kesteren
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt meeting Earl of Leicester, 1585-1587 (c1870). Van Oldenbarnevelt was a leading figure in the stuggle for Dutch independence from Spain

Argentine Independence monument, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Crowned by an allegory of Liberty, this monument in the centre of the Plaza de Mayo was built in 1811

Monument to George Washington, Palermo Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina. A print from Buenos Aires, published by Mitchells Book Store, Cangallo

O Higgins Monument, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Monument in the Plaza de Chile to Bernardo O Higgins, who led the Chilean struggle for independence from Spain

Presentation of a sword to Giuseppe Garibaldi at the Crystal Palace, 1864 (late 19th century). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol IX

The signatures to the American Declaration of Independence, c1776, (c1920). John Adams, Samuel Adams, Josiah Bartlett, Carter Braxton, Charles Carroll, Samuel Chase, Abraham Clark, George Clymer

Edvard Benes (1884-1948), second President of Czechoslovakia, 1926. Benes was a leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement and the second President of Czechoslovakia

General Piet Joubert (1831-1900) and staff, late 19th century (1935). Joubert was a South African general who opposed British annexation of the Transvaal region in 1877

Ignacy Jan Paderewski, (1860-1941), Polish pianist and composer, 1894-1907. Polish pianist and composer. Paderewski was also a politician and spokesman for Polish independence

Stewart Lyndon Woodford (1835-1913), US Ambassador to Spain during Spanish-American War, c1910
Stewart Lyndon Woodford (1835-1913), US Ambassador to Spain in the months leading up to the Spanish-American War, c1910. He was one of the more controversial figures of the war

Evangelina Cossio (1877-1970), c1910
Evangelina Cossio (1877-1970), (c1910). During the Cuban War of Independence in 1896-98 her imprisonment as a rebel and escape from a Spanish jail in Cuba

Charles Dwight Sigsbee (1845-1923), Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, c1910. In his earlier career he was a pioneering oceanographer and hydrographer

Honorato del Castillo (1838-1869), Cuban Patriot, c1910. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona, Tabacalera Cubana

General Bartolome Maso (1830-1907), c1910. Maso was a Cuban politician and patriot for Cuban independence from the colonial power of Spain; and later President of the Republic in Arms

Maximo Gomez (1836-1905), aged 45, 1881 (c1910). Gomez was a Dominican Major General in the Ten Years War (1868-1878). He was also Cubas military commander during their War of Independence (1895-1898)

Lt. General Jose Antonio Maceo Grajales (1845-1896), Cuban Army of Independence, c1910
Lt. General Jose Antonio Maceo Grajales (1845-1896), second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence, c1910. Known to fellow Cubans as the Bronze Titan (Spanish: El Titan de Bronce)

General Modesto Diaz (1826-1892), Major General of the Cuban Liberation Army, c1910
General Modesto Diaz (1826-1892), born in the Dominican Republic he became Major General of the Cuban Liberation Army. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal

General Calixto Garcia Iniguez (1839-1898), general during the Cuban War for Independence, c1910
General Calixto Garcia Iniguez (1839-1898), general in three Cuban uprisings, part of the Cuban War for Independence, c1910

General Vicente Garcia Gonzalez (1833-1886), Cuban President, c1910. Garcia was a general in the Cuban Ten Years War and later a Cuban President who was assassinated by the Spanish after the war

Fernando Figueredo (1846-1929), Cuban Patriot and journalist, c1910. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona, Tabacalera Cubana

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