3-021-356 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sitting of the Conference at Paris on the Turkish and Greek Question, 1869. 'The central figure in our Engraving is M. de Marquis de Lavallette, president of the Conference, and French Minister of Foreign Affairs...On the left hand of M. de Lavalette is seated Lord Lyons,...British Ambassador to Paris...His neighbour, Prince Metternich,...unites the qualification of Austrian Ambassador, a post he has occupied since 1859, with that of a leader of Parisian fashion...The Prussian Envoy, Count von Solms-Sonnenwalde, who is standing beside him, is likewise well known in the fashionable world of Paris...The interests of the Porte are confided to Djemil Pacha, who has already represented the Sultan at the French Court on two preceding occasions...To the right of M. de Lavallette is M. Rizas Rangabe, to whom has fallen the somewhat onerous task of representing the Hellenic Government...The Chevalier Nigra, who is next in order, represents the Government of Victor Emmanuel, and was the secretary of Count Cavour, on whose death he was appointed Chargé-d'Affaires at the French capital...The Count von Stackelberg, the Russian Ambassador, who is seated beside the Chevalier...holds the rank of Lieutenant-General'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.