ENGLAND

HENRY HOWARD (1843-1921)  GCMG KCB,  British diplomat who was the first formal British envoy to the Vatican for over 300 years. In December 1914, after the outbreak of the First World War, Sir Henry was appointed "His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on a Special Mission to His Holiness the Pope" (Benedict XV, who had been elected that September).

Großes ORIGINAL-PORTRÄTFOTO (als Botschafter beim Heiligen Stuhl in ganzer Figur mit Orden, auf Untersatzkarton, ges. 23,5 x 17 cm, linker Rand leicht fleckig, mit Fotografensignatur) in Tinte mit Widmung, Datum May 1914, Unterschrift signiert