Statesman Collection (page 9)

Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United states of America, (1901). Jefferson (1743-1826) was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence

Prince Alexander Nevsky begging Batu Khan for mercy for Russia, End of 19th century. Artist: Anonymous
Prince Alexander Nevsky begging Batu Khan for mercy for Russia, End of 19th century. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Coin (Zlatnik) of Grand Duke Vladimir Svyatoslavich (Averse: Portrait of the ruler), 980-1015. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Baptism of Prince Vladimir I (from the Radziwill Chronicle), 15th century. Artist: Anonymous
The Baptism of Prince Vladimir I (from the Radziwill Chronicle), 15th century. Found in the collection of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

Battle between Sviatopolk the Accursed and Yaroslav the Wise (from the Radziwill Chronicle), 15th century. Found in the collection of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States, 19th century (1955). Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was twice President of the USA, from 1885-1889 and again from 1893-1897

Marschall Bernadotte 1763-1844. Stich nach der Zeichmung von Hilaire Le Dru, 1934
Marschall Bernadotte 1763-1844, 1934. Charles XIV & III John, also known as Carl John (1763-1844), King of Sweden as Charles XIV John

Sir Edward Coke, English lawyer, writer and politician, c1666 (1894). Artist: David Loggan
Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), English lawyer, writer and politician, c1666 (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet leader, c1940s. Stalin was secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-53) and premier of the Soviet state (1941-53)

The House of Commons, February 13, 1893 (1906). Artist: Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples
The House of Commons, February 13, 1893 (1906). Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone Introducing The Second Home Rule Bill. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VIII

Saturday Night in the Vale, 1928-9. Artist: Henry Tonks
Saturday Night in the Vale, 1928-9. Also known as ?An Evening in the Vale?. We see George Moore (1852-1933), in the foreground reading aloud from his manuscript of Aphrodite in Aulis

Portrait of Sir Edward Walpole, Kt. 18th century, (1915). Artist: Edward Edwards
Portrait of Sir Edward Walpole, Kt, 18th century. Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) was a British politician, and a younger son of Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742

Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meeting in Quebec, Canada, 1944
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the USA (right) and Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister, meeting in Quebec in 1944

Friedrich Engels, German socialist and collaborator and supporter of Karl Marx, 1879. Engels lived mainly in England from 1842

Colonel Albino Jara, Paraguayan soldier and politician, 1911. Jara (1877-1912) became provisional President of Paraguay in January 1911 after he led a military coup against the government of Manuel

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

Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist revolutionary and leader, c1950s(?). The son of a peasant farmer, Mao Zedong (Mao Tse Tung) (1893-1976)

Sculpture of Otto von Bismarck, 19th century Prussian statesman, 1937. Artist: Wide World Photos
Sculpture of Otto von Bismarck, 19th century Prussian statesman, 1937. Otto Edward Leopold, Count von Bismarck (1815-1898) was Chancellor of Prussia and architect of modern Germany

Robert Owen, Welsh-born industrialist, philanthropist and socialist, 1851 (1956). Owens (1771-1858) New Lanark Mills in Scotland, which he bought in c1799

The Times, plate I, c1762 (1895). A representative of King George III fights a fire (the Seven Years War), which is burning down houses representing Germany and France

Vicar General, 1902. Artist: Spy
Vicar General, 1902. Charles Alfred Cripps KC MP, British barrister and politican. Cripps (1852-1941) became a QC in 1890 and served as Attorney General to the Prince of Wales from 1895 until 1914

Dinshaw Edulji Wacha, Parsi Indian politician, 1902-1903. Wacha was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress and its President in 1901

The heroes of South American independence, (1901). Simon Bolivar, Jose de San Martin, Manuel Belgrano, and Antonio Jose de Sucre

George Byng, Viscount Torrington, 1837. Artist: WH Mote
George Byng (1668-1733), 1st Viscount Torrington, 1837. Byng was a British Admiral and statesman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries

Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet leader, 20th century. Stalin was secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-53) and premier of the Soviet state (1941-53)

Leon Trotsky at Brest-Litovsk, 7th January 1918, (1929)
Leon Trotsky at Brest-Litovsk, 7 January 1918. Trotsky led the Russian delegation at the peace negotiations with Germany, which eventually resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on 3

Josef Stalin and the geophysicist Otto Y Schmidt, 1930s. Artist: Jakov Kalinichenko
Josef Stalin and the geophysicist Otto Y Schmidt, 1930s. An example of Soviet agitprop art. Otto Yulyevich Schmidt was a Russian scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist

Leon Trotsky with his wife Natalia Sedova and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, 1937. Trotsky (1879-1940) was one of the leading figures of the Russian Revolution and in the Soviet government afterwards

Soviet leader Josef Stalin with his son Vasily and daughter Svetlana, 1930s. Artist: Pyotr Otsup
Soviet leader Josef Stalin with his son Vasily and daughter Svetlana, 1930s. Vasily Iosifovich Dzhugashvili (1921-1962) and Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva (1926-2011)

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, British statesman and Prime Minister, 1903. Artist: George Frampton
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, British statesman and Prime Minister, 1903. Lord Salisbury (1830-1903) was Conservative Prime Minister in 1885, 1886, and 1895-1902

Louis XVI received by the new Mayor of Paris, July 17 1789, (19th / early 20th century). Artist: Jean-Paul Laurens
Louis XVI is received by the new Mayor of Paris, Jean Sylvain Bailly, July 17 1789 (19th/early 20th century). One of the instigators of the Oath of the Tennis Court

Marble bust of Greek general and statesman Pyrrhus of Epirus, c319BC-272 BC. King of Epirns. At National Archaeological Museum, Naples

Lenin haranguing deputies of the 2nd Soviet Congress, Smolny Palace, St Petersburg, 1917. This meeting on 26 October 1917, the day after the storming of the Winter Palace

Mark Hanna, American industrialist and politician, c1896. Hanna (1837-1904) made a fortune in iron and coal. He supported the Republican party and orchestrated the election of William McKinley in 1896

Robert Owen, Welsh-born British philanthropist and socialist, 19th century. Owens (1771-1858) New Lanark Mills in Scotland, which he bought in c1799

Income Tax, 1798. John Bull scratches his head at William Pitts (1759-1806) introduction of Income Tax. Pitt is shown as an angel playing a harp. Hand-coloured cartoon in the style of Gillray

Karl Marx, 19th century German political, social and economic theorist
Karl Marx, German political, 19th century social and economic theorist. The father of modern communism, Marx (1818-1883) believed that the downfall of capitalism by revolution

The Irish Vampire, 1885. Artist: John Tenniel
The Irish Vampire, 1885. The Irish National League, with the face of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), shown as a vampire preying on Ireland. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 24 October 1885)

The Irish Ogre Fattening on the Finest Pisantry, 1843. Daniel O Connell (1775-1847) The Liberator, leader of the Repeal (of union with Britain) movement, shown growing fat on his supporters

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938), Turkish statesman. Ataturk was leader of the Turkish nationalist movement from 1909. He was responsible for the modernisation of Turkey as a secular Islamic state

John Alcock (1892-1919) and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948), British aviators, 1919. Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight on 14 June 1919

Prince Charming and the Sleeping Beauty, 1912. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
Prince Charming and the Sleeping Beauty, 1912. Prince Charming, representing Sir Edward Grey (lst Viscount of Fallodon) British Foreign Secretary 1905-1916 prepares to wake the sleeping figure of

Cape to Cairo, 1899. Artist: John Tenniel
Cape to Cairo, 1899. Cecil Rhodes asking the German Emperor Wilhelm II for permission for the Cape to Cairo telegraph line to be laid across German territories in Africa

Baines, The Leeds Mercury, Instructing Young England, 1847. Edward Baines (1800-1890), English journalist, economist and politician was editor of the newspaper, the Leeds Mercury

The Divided Skirt, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Divided Skirt, 1886. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone. Now 76 years of age, and in his third term in office, Gladstone was undoubtedly the grandee of the Commons

Balfours Irrepressible Donkey, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Balfours Irrepressible Donkey, 1888. Arthur James Balfour was the Chief Secretary for Ireland at the beginning of 1888 in Lord Salisburys Conservative administration.The cartoon is accompanied by a

The Wind and the Sun, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Wind and the Sun, 1886. Irish Discontent in the sunlight of the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone. On the other side, the wind comes from the Conservative Leader in the House of Lords

The Start, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Start, 1886. On the left at the starting line is the Grand Old Man of politics, the Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone

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