2-358-629 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Gabriel Hanotaux, French statesman, 1901. Hanotaux (1853-1944) was French Foreign Minister from 1894-1898. His colonial policies in Africa were instrumental in causing the dispute between Britain and France known as the Fashoda Incident that occurred in 1898. He later served as a French delegate at the League of Nations. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris.