Ambassador’s Residence

In 2004 Britain and France celebrated the centenary of the signing of the Entente Cordiale. Signed by British Foreign Secretary Lord Lansdowne and the French Ambassador Paul Cambon on 8 April 1904, this historic agreement marked the marked the beginning of close Anglo-French diplomatic relations. Coinciding with celebrations at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Paris, we added two works of art to the house: the first, a portrait of Lansdowne, after Philip de Laszlo; and the second, a drawing of King Edward VII by Vilma von Parlaghy-Brachfeld. Edward VII, a popular figure in Parisian society and a Francophile, was King at the time of the Entente Cordiale. Both portraits joined our pre-existing display of art on French themes, including paintings by Walter Richard Sickert, Jacques Emile Blanche, George Hayter and James Tissot.

		In the Anteroom, on the left we see Baron Gerard's painting of the Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) and right, Robert J F Lefevre's painting of the Princess Pauline Borghese (1757-1822) Sister of the Emperor Napoleon I.
A view of the Glazed Gallery showing Karen Knorr's photograph Natural Selection.

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