KDC397355 Lord Lyons, 1887 (engraving) by Vuillier, Gaston (1847-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, Earl Lyons (1817-87) diplomatist; British envoy in Washington D.C. (1858-65) where he played a significant role in enabling Great Britain and the United States to avoid confrontation over the \'Trent\' affair of 1861 during the American Civil War; Ambassador in Paris for 20 years (1867-87) during the Second Empire, the Franco-Prussian War, the Commune and the Third Republic and the Boulanger crisis; his tact and conciliatory gifts enabled France and Great Britain to avoid estrangement after British action in Egypt in 1882; illustration from an obituary in \'Le Monde Illustr矇\';); French, out of copyright.