COMMEMORATIVES
Artist's prints of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty Anniversary symbol created by Richard Haynes. High quality, artist's proof prints of the design are being sold to support ongoing research and documentation of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty history. On acid-free paper. Available in three sizes:
12 x 15" Price: $75.
Richard Haynes commented that he deliberately made the dove 'touch' every element of the design because he believes a spiritual element touched each participant in the peace conference -- the Russians, the Japanese, the Navy and the community under the steeple. “I don't know if they understood what was happening but if they had not had a spirit in their hearts, it would have taken another 100 years to accomplish their work,” he said. “I have approached every piece of art I have done for that past 16 years since I came to Portsmouth with a spiritual sense. The Zen Masters honor the 'I, who is awake' and that is what the true artist is, someone who is awake and observes when no one else is watching.”
High quality, artist's proof prints of the design are being sold to support ongoing research and documentation of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty history.
An Uncommon Commitment to Peace: Portsmouth Peace Treaty 1905 Exhibition Catalogue published by the Japan-America Society of NH, 2006. Full color reproduction of exhibit panels, timeline, photographs by Richard Haynes of exhibit art and artifacts, Patrick Stevens "Path to Peace" diagram, essay by Richard Candee on the social context. 55 pages. Price: $25.
There Are No Victors Here: A Local Perspective on the Treaty of Portsmouth by Peter E. Randall. (Portsmouth Marine Society/Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1985 republished 2002, 105 pages with illustrations) Price: $25.
Heroes & Friends: Behind the Scenes of the Treaty of Portsmouth by Michiko Nakanishi (Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2005, 120 pages with illustrations) Price: $20.
Blessed Are the Peacemakers: The Service of Thanksgiving for the Portsmouth Treaty, September 5, 1905 by Marina Grot Turkevich Naumann (Toad Hall Press, 2005, 62 page monograph with illustrations) Price: $25.
The Portsmouth Peace Process: A Guide for Teachers edited by Northeast Cultural Coop, the guide is a 295-page resource for teachers of 4-12th grade students. Curriculum supplement suitable for world and US history, art and literature. Includes CD of historical images. $20.
Treaty of Portsmouth historical postcard book with 10 different images from postcards collected from 1905. Price: $10.
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Trail Map. Unfolded, 17 x 22". Suitable for framing. Price: $15.
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Centennial Coin. Showing Building 86 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on one side and the delegates at the conference table on the reverse. 3" diameter. Price: $5. (Coin proceeds to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard holiday toy drive.)
Portsmouth Peace Treaty symbol canvas bag, with red trim. $27.
Portsmouth Peace Treaty symbol cotton polo shirt, grey with full color embroidery, $25
12 x 15" Price: $75.
- 15 x 22" (signed by the artist) Price: $125
- 22 x 36" (signed by the artist) Price: $265.
- The flags are of equal size and rendered in their modern designs to suggest the enduring peace that lasted from the Treaty signing in 1905 through World War II, up to the last moments of the conflict in 1945.
- The North Church tower is the symbol of Portsmouth -- even an icon of New Hampshire. In the design, the church tower contains a noticeable bell -- the bell that everyone in Portsmouth heard ringing on August 29th, 1905 when the news that peace had been achieved was announced. That bell rang again for 30 minutes on September 5th echoing the salute started at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard when the Treaty signing concluded at 3:47 pm. Each year, at the same moment on that date, a bell-ringing commemorates the signing. The tower and its bell symbolize the community within hearing of the bell, and the bells in steeples throughout the Seacoast that rang in answer to the news of peace.
- The bell and the dove are gray -- US Navy battleship gray, specifically -- the bell, because the news of Peace and the Treaty signing were conveyed from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (where the Conference was formally conducted) to the churches; the dove, because President Theodore Roosevelt entrusted the security and protocol of the Peace conference to the Navy and the Shipyard.
- In the dove's beak, representing Theodore Roosevelt, is an olive branch instead of a “Big Stick.” Many, including Henry Kissinger, consider Roosevelt to have been one of America's best diplomats; and TR was one of only three American Presidents to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Richard Haynes commented that he deliberately made the dove 'touch' every element of the design because he believes a spiritual element touched each participant in the peace conference -- the Russians, the Japanese, the Navy and the community under the steeple. “I don't know if they understood what was happening but if they had not had a spirit in their hearts, it would have taken another 100 years to accomplish their work,” he said. “I have approached every piece of art I have done for that past 16 years since I came to Portsmouth with a spiritual sense. The Zen Masters honor the 'I, who is awake' and that is what the true artist is, someone who is awake and observes when no one else is watching.”
High quality, artist's proof prints of the design are being sold to support ongoing research and documentation of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty history.
An Uncommon Commitment to Peace: Portsmouth Peace Treaty 1905 Exhibition Catalogue published by the Japan-America Society of NH, 2006. Full color reproduction of exhibit panels, timeline, photographs by Richard Haynes of exhibit art and artifacts, Patrick Stevens "Path to Peace" diagram, essay by Richard Candee on the social context. 55 pages. Price: $25.
There Are No Victors Here: A Local Perspective on the Treaty of Portsmouth by Peter E. Randall. (Portsmouth Marine Society/Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1985 republished 2002, 105 pages with illustrations) Price: $25.
Heroes & Friends: Behind the Scenes of the Treaty of Portsmouth by Michiko Nakanishi (Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2005, 120 pages with illustrations) Price: $20.
Blessed Are the Peacemakers: The Service of Thanksgiving for the Portsmouth Treaty, September 5, 1905 by Marina Grot Turkevich Naumann (Toad Hall Press, 2005, 62 page monograph with illustrations) Price: $25.
The Portsmouth Peace Process: A Guide for Teachers edited by Northeast Cultural Coop, the guide is a 295-page resource for teachers of 4-12th grade students. Curriculum supplement suitable for world and US history, art and literature. Includes CD of historical images. $20.
Treaty of Portsmouth historical postcard book with 10 different images from postcards collected from 1905. Price: $10.
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Trail Map. Unfolded, 17 x 22". Suitable for framing. Price: $15.
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Centennial Coin. Showing Building 86 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on one side and the delegates at the conference table on the reverse. 3" diameter. Price: $5. (Coin proceeds to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard holiday toy drive.)
Portsmouth Peace Treaty symbol canvas bag, with red trim. $27.
Portsmouth Peace Treaty symbol cotton polo shirt, grey with full color embroidery, $25
