Commission Collection

Document commissioning John Paul Jones as a US Navy captain
John Paul Joness commission as captain in the US Navy, from the Congress, 1776. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

(Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American humanitarian. Chairman UN Human Rights Commission 1947-1951 and US representative at General Assembly 1946. Wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Photograph

16th century world map made by Pierre Desceliers in 1546 on a commission by King Francis I for Henri II of France. Most noticeable is that the Northern hemisphere is upside-down

Twelve Tables of Rome drawn up
The Twelve Tables, Romes first legal code, are drawn up by a commission at the request of the plebeians

The Cedars of Lebanon, by Edward Lear (1812-1888). The first version was painted in 1861; this is a later version, commissioned by Charles Roundell MP

Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg with family
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg (1884-1966), fourth and youngest daughter of Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and his wife, Maria Alexandrovna (later Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg)

Maunsell Sea Fort, Thames Estuary; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a Sea Fort, designed by G.A. Maunsell, situated in the Thames Estuary during the Second World War, 1944

Fleet Air Arm - Grumman Martlet II - AM958
A Grumman Martlet II of the Fleet Air Arm. Ordered by the British Purchasing Commission as Grumman G-36Bs, the Martlet II was powered by a Pratt and Whitney R-1830-S3C4-G engine

Trevor Phillips, TV presenter and equal rights executive
Trevor Phillips (b 1953), television executive and presenter, currently Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), previously the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)

Mr P. A. S. Franklin and Mr J. Bruce Ismay
On their way to a meeting of the senatorial commission: Mr P. A. S. Franklin, Vice-President of the International Mercantile Marine Corporation and Mr J

The General Strike - Government leaders
Government leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3

Harold Macmillan addressing the Conservative Party Conferenc
Photograph showing (Maurice) Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) delivering his speech to the Conservative Party conference at Scarborough, Yorkshire, 15th October 1960

The Royal Commission on the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1850
3478453 The Royal Commission on the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of the Royal Commission on the Metropolitan Board of Works taking evidence at Westminster Sessions)

unexpected arrival
Gilbert Claes

Dedicatory Inscription for a Step-well Commissioned by Prime Minister Asaf Khan... 1617-1618. Creator: Unknown
Dedicatory Inscription for a Step-well Commissioned by Prime Minister Asaf Khan (died 1641), between 1617 and 1618

Mozart and the mysterious stranger, 1791, (c1914). Artist: Charles A Buchel
Mozart and the mysterious stranger, 1791, (c1914). The stranger was a messenger from Count Walsegg-Stuppach with a commission for a Requiem for voices and orchestra

Labor Comm. of Council of Nat. Def. Heads: James O'Connell; W.B. Wilson; Leo K. Frankel... 1917
Labor Comm. of Council of Nat. Def. Heads: James O'Connell; W.B. Wilson; Leo K. Frankel; Gompers, Chairman; Lewis B. Schram; Frank Morrison; H.E. Willis; Edward Everett Macy; E

U.S.S. Chicago going into commission, Dec. 1, 1898, 1898. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Chicago going into commission, Dec. 1, 1898, 1898. Chicago was commissioned April 17, 1889; remodeled 1895-1898

French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. French Commission To U.S
French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917

French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. French Commission To U.S
French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917. North of Florida Avenue, Meridian Hill, with Henderson's Castle at right. U.S. Capitol dome in left distance

French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. French Commission To U.S
French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917. North of Florida Avenue, Meridian Hill, with Henderson's Castle at right. U.S. Capitol dome in left distance

Italian Commission To U.S. - Scenes On Arrival, May 23, 1917, 23 May 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Italian Commission To U.S. - Scenes On Arrival, May 23, 1917, 23 May 1917

Italian Commission To U.S. - Scenes On Arrival, May 23, 1917, 23 May 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Italian Commission To U.S. - Scenes On Arrival, May 23, 1917, 23 May 1917

Two Women Call on the Village Artist to See the Memorial Cross they Have Commissioned, 1873
To kvinder besoger landsbykunstneren for at se det bestilte gravkors;Two Women Call on the Village Artist to See the Memorial Cross they Have Commissioned, 1873

French Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. French Commission, between 1910 and 1920
French Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Russell T. Edward, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Russell T. Edward, between 1910 and 1920
Russell T. Edward, between 1910 and 1920. First World War: American civil servant typing a letter from the National War Garden Commission. A poster encourages people to grow their own food

Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Farmer ploughing with a Case tractor

Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Fresh and preserved vegetables, USA. Sign reads: Be a Soldier of the Soil; Produce Food - Conserve Food - Dry and Can Food

National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920
National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Food-growing during the First World War. National Emergency Food Garden Commission - vegetable garden, with building flying the US flag

National Emergency Food Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
National Emergency Food Garden, between 1910 and 1920. USA

National Emergency Food Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
National Emergency Food Garden, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Vegetable garden

Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
Food Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Cabbages in vegetable garden

Demonstration garden, Bryant Park, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, New York, New York. 1918. Bryant Park with New York Public Library; two boys, one on roller skates, and a man reading the notices

French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. French Commission To U.S
French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917

French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. French Commission To U.S
French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917. North of Florida Avenue, Meridian Hill, with Henderson's Castle at right. U.S. Capitol dome in left distance

French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. French Commission To U.S
French Commission To U.S. - Procession Down 16th Street, 1917. North of Florida Avenue, Meridian Hill, with Henderson's Castle at right. U.S. Capitol dome in left distance

Flags - American, British, And French Flags in Front of Union Station, Awaiting Arrival... 1917
Flags - American, British, And French Flags in Front of Union Station, Awaiting Arrival of Balfour And Allied Commission, 1917

'The Anglo-Siamese Commission, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Anglo-Siamese Commission, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890

La commission senatoriale de l'armee.-- une suspension de séance l'audition de trois... c1916. Creator: Unknown
La commission senatoriale de l'armee.-- une suspension de seance l'audition de trois membres du gouvernement : M. Briand, le general Roques et M

National Aero Coast Patrol Commn. Curtiss Hydroaeroplane... between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
National Aero Coast Patrol Commn. Curtiss Hydroaeroplane... between 1913 and 1917....Or Flying Boat Exhibited Near House Office Building. Rep. Charles Lieb; Rep. J. [Julius] Kahn; Sen

Demonstration garden, Bryant Park, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 1918. Men in garden sponsored by the National War Garden Commission during World War I

International High Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
International High Commission, between 1910 and 1920. American lawyer and politician William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. (2nd left) was the husband of Eleanor Wilson McAdoo

British Commission To U.S. - Arrival At Long Residence, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. British Commission To U.S
British Commission To U.S. - Arrival At Long Residence, 1917

Balfour, Arthur James, M.P, O.M, Head of British Commission To U.S. Awaiting His Arrival... 1917
Balfour, Arthur James, M.P, O.M, Head of British Commission To U.S. Awaiting His Arrival: Amb. Spring-Rice; Lansing; F.L. Polk; William Phillips, 1917

Balfour, Arthur James, M.P, O.M, Head of British Commission To U.S. Arrival At Union Station: Balfour, Lansing, Bill Nye, Col. Harts, 1917

British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. British Labor Committees At Union Station
British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917

British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. British Labor Committees At Union Station
British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917

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"Commissioning the Great: A Glimpse into Historical Milestones" Document commissioning John Paul Jones as a US Navy captain: Unveiling the birth of an American naval legend. (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American humanitarian. Chairman UN Human Rights: Empowering humanity through compassion and advocacy. Twelve Tables of Rome drawn up: Laying the foundation for justice and equality in ancient Rome. 16th century world map: Exploring uncharted territories, one stroke at a time. The Cedars of Lebanon, by Edward Lear: Capturing nature's majesty through artistry and imagination. Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg with family: Royalty united, cherishing moments that transcend time. Maunsell Sea Fort, Thames Estuary; Second World War, 1944: Defying adversity amidst turbulent waters - fortitude personified. Fleet Air Arm - Grumman Martlet II - AM958: Taking to the skies with unwavering precision and unmatched bravery. Mr P. A. S Franklin and Mr J. Bruce Ismay: Visionary minds shaping maritime history with their indomitable spirit. The General Strike - Government leaders : Navigating tumultuous times with resilience and leadership at its helm Harold Macmillan addressing the Conservative Party Conference : Inspiring a nation towards progress through eloquence and conviction Syphilis in the UK population, 1920s projection slide .