HARRISON, BENJAMIN, President . Photograph signed ("Benj. Harrison"), also signed by 28 other individuals comprising the Olney Commission, including U.S. Chief Justice MELVILLE W. FULLER, Associate Justice DAVID J. BREWER former Secretary of War BENJAMIN F. TRACY and Sir Robert Reid Sir Richard Webster, G.R. Asquith and many others, Paris, 1889. 381 x 462 mm. (15 x 18 1/4 in.) including mount with printed caption and imprint of E. Pirou, Paris, mount browned, a few scrapes to image, otherwise in good condition. A sepia-toned group portrait, taken in Paris, showing two rows of the members of the Olney Commission against a background of foliage. Signed by all 29 individuals in lower margin. The Olney Commission was established in 1897 to arbitrate the long-standing boundary dispute between Great Britian and Venezuela over the Venezuela-British Guyana border. Harrison served for almost two years as Senior Counsel, representing the Venezuelan government in the delicate negotiations. "In a prodigious display of energy and mastery of detail, Harrison filed and 800-page written brief and presented 25 hours of oral argument....Nevertheless the tribunal awarded Britain 90 percent of the disputed territory.... (De Gregorio, The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents , p. 340).
HARRISON, BENJAMIN, President . Photograph signed ("Benj. Harrison"), also signed by 28 other individuals comprising the Olney Commission, including U.S. Chief Justice MELVILLE W. FULLER, Associate Justice DAVID J. BREWER former Secretary of War BENJAMIN F. TRACY and Sir Robert Reid Sir Richard Webster, G.R. Asquith and many others, Paris, 1889. 381 x 462 mm. (15 x 18 1/4 in.) including mount with printed caption and imprint of E. Pirou, Paris, mount browned, a few scrapes to image, otherwise in good condition. A sepia-toned group portrait, taken in Paris, showing two rows of the members of the Olney Commission against a background of foliage. Signed by all 29 individuals in lower margin. The Olney Commission was established in 1897 to arbitrate the long-standing boundary dispute between Great Britian and Venezuela over the Venezuela-British Guyana border. Harrison served for almost two years as Senior Counsel, representing the Venezuelan government in the delicate negotiations. "In a prodigious display of energy and mastery of detail, Harrison filed and 800-page written brief and presented 25 hours of oral argument....Nevertheless the tribunal awarded Britain 90 percent of the disputed territory.... (De Gregorio, The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents , p. 340).
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