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Artist Sketches Notables on Run in Washington
James Montgomery Flagg recalls meeting Lord Halifax and Matt Baerter Welles, sketching the British ambassador during a busy Washington visit. He notes encounters with Chiang Kai-shek’s Chinese delegation, Australian Minister Howard Casey, and social whirl at embassies, while planning more drawings back in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lord Ifax
State Department
Baéfnner Welles
America
Clive
Queen Mary
Alexandra
Gritch
England
Guddy
Lord Halifax
Fred Astaire
Sinclair
Lewis
Hariette Bronte
General Grant
Othing
Joe Chiang
Howard G. Casey
Sande
Spa
Mr. Casey
Indsor Castle
Australia
States
Fifth “Avenue
Casey
Smb
Roger
Goodo
Anthony Eden
Eden
War Stimson
Knudsen
Hillman
OPM
New York
J.M