Sujet
The Hon. J. R. Motley, the new Minister of the United States in Great Britain, 1869. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The Hon. J. R. Motley, the new Minister of the United States in Great Britain, 1869. Engraving from a photograph by Victor Angerer. 'Mr. John Lothrop Motley has arrived in England...to occupy...the post of Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Court of Queen Victoria. He is already well known and highly esteemed in this country, as one of the best recent English authors of history...in 1837 he became a member of the American bar...It was not, however, until 1856 that he became known to the world as an historian of the highest order. In that year his "History of the Rise of the Dutch Republic" was issued, and was at once recognised as the work of a master hand...As regards the questions still in dispute between the two Governments of the United States and Great Britain, Mr. Motley will of course abide by his instructions; but we feel quite sure that he will desire, not less earnestly than either of his predecessors...to maintain and strengthen the friendship which should ever join the two nations - or rather the two political branches of one great English nation - in kindly affection towards each other. We claim this good English author as an ornament of our national literature in the present age'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
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HRM24A35_147
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20,5Mo (1,1Mo) / 21,2cm x 24,2cm / 2504 x 2859 (300dpi)