The Big Four Signed Photograph.

Photograph of the Big Four; Signed by David Lloyd George; Woodrow Wilson and Georges Clemenceau

The Big Four Signed Photograph.

WILSON, Woodrow; David Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau .

Item Number: 112478

Rare large format of this famous photograph of the The Big Four, or the Council of Four, which refers to the four top Allied powers of World War I and their leaders who met at the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919. From left to right they are: David Lloyd George of Britain, Premier Vittorio Orlando of Italy, Premier Georges Clemenceau of France, and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States. Boldly signed by Lloyd George, Clemenceau, and Wilson. While there were more than twenty Allied nations that met at Paris Peace Conference, the Big Four were the leading architects of the Treaty of Versailles which was signed by Germany on June 28, 1919. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 23.25 inches by 20.5 inches. An exceptional piece, rare and desirable signed.

While the Paris Peace Conference involved 32 nations, (twenty of which were Allies), the Big Four met informally 145 times and made all major decisions before they were ratified and were leading architects of the Treaty of Versailles which was signed by Germany; the Treaty of St. Germain, with Austria; the Treaty of Neuilly, with Bulgaria; the Treaty of Trianon, with Hungary; and the Treaty of Sèvres, with the Ottoman Empire. At one point Vittorio Emanuele Orlando temporarily pulled out of the conference because Italian demands were not met, leaving the other three countries as the sole major architects of the talk, referred to as the "Big Three". The Italian delegation returned after 11 days. This photograph was likely signed during those 11 days, hence lacking Orlando's signature.

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