The Egyptian Conference. European conference on the affairs of Egypt held in London, 1884. Summit attended by the representatives of the major powers. The first session of the conference, on the afternoon of 28 June 1884, chaired by Lord Granville (British Foreign Secretary), in the meeting room of the Foreign Office. Scene of the meeting. Seated from left: Count Munster (Germany), Musurus Pasha (Turkey), Count de Nigra (Italy), Waddington (France), Baron de Staal (Russia), Childers (England) and Count Karoly (Austria-Hungary). Standing, starting the meeting, Lord Granville. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.