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Mayer & Pierson
Delegates at the Congress of Paris 25 - 25 Feb 1856
Salted paper print | 18.1 x 24.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2935163
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Group portrait of the Plenipotentiaries who attended the Congress of Paris in Spring 1856. Standing from left to right are: Count Camillo Cavour (1810-61), Salvatore Pes, Marquis of Villamarina (1808-77), Comte Hatzfeld, Mehmed Cemil Bey, Philipp, Baron de Brunnow (1797-1875), Baron Manteifel and Karl Ferdinand, Comte de Buol-Schaustein (1797-1865). Seated from left to right are Joseph Alexander, Baron Hübner (1811-92), Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha (1815-71), George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800-70), Alexandre Florian Joseph, Count Colonna-Walewski (1810-68), Prince Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov (1787-1862), François Adolphus, Baron de Bourqueney (1799-1869) and Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley (1804-84). The mount has been signed by all of the Plenipotentiaries and a key accompanies the photograph.
The Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the Crimean War, was signed at the Congress of Paris on 30th March 1856 by representatives from all the nations which had been involved in the conflict. The treaty referred to 'the independence and territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire' and neutralised the Black Sea. Prince Albert commented: 'It is not such as we could have wished; still, infinitely to be preferred to the prosecution of war'.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Salted paper print
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18.1 x 24.4 cm (image)
