Celebration of the Fourth of July,1870 , at the Legation of the United States, London. Two wood-engravings.

by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper ; Hon. John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877); John Jay (1817 - 1894); Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay (1836- 1922), provenance)

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[New York: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1870]. Two Original wood-engravings, mounted on a support sheet.25 x 35.5cm. Ambassador John Lothrop Motley (April 15, 1814 – May 29, 1877) was an American author and diplomat. As a popular historian, he is best known for his works on the Netherlands, the three volume work The Rise of the Dutch Republic and four volume History of the United Netherlands. As United States Minister to Austria in the service of the Abraham Lincoln administration, Motley helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. He later served as Minister to the United Kingdom (Court of St. James) during the Ulysses S. Grant administration...... Provenance: Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay was born on 20 July 1836.He was the son of Captain George William St. John-Mildmay and Mary Baillie.. He married Susan Margaret Stackpole Motley, daughter of the American writere and diplomat the Hon. John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877) , on 7 May 1884.1 He died on 21 October 1922 at age 86.... He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)

• Publisher: [New York: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1870]
• Binding: unknown

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