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1 print : process print ; image 14.9 x 22.6 cm

A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.

<p>Abdulhamid II (1842–1918) was the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the last Sultan to exert effective autocratic control. He was known his innovative attitudes</p>
<p>The setting shows a combination of West and East. Though the table and the room are mostly decorated in European fashion, oriental pomp and majesty is nevertheless dominant, for instance, in the gold chair of the Sultan, the use of men servants (Turkish women servants could not be used for service to foreign men), abstinence from alcohol by the Sultan, etc.</p>

1 print : halftone ; image 21.6 x 29.6 cm

Sultan Abdulhamid II hosting a dinner at Yildiz Palace, Istanbul. Halftone by C. Hentschel, 1895, after J. Nash.

1 print : process print ; image 16.2 x 22.8 cm

State funeral of Louis Pasteur at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Process print by C. Hentschel, ca. 1895.

1 print : process print ; image 15 x 22.7 cm

Five prisoners in Persia walking around a yard bound together by chains, a guard with a sword walks nearby. Process print by C. Hentschel after F. Dadd.

1 print : halftone ; image and lettering 16.5 x 22.9 cm

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A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.

Sultan Abdulhamid II hosting a dinner at Yildiz Palace, Istanbul. Halftone by C. Hentschel, 1895, after J. Nash.

State funeral of Louis Pasteur at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Process print by C. Hentschel, ca. 1895.

Five prisoners in Persia walking around a yard bound together by chains, a guard with a sword walks nearby. Process print by C. Hentschel after F. Dadd.

Istanbul: Turkish police taking Armenians to prison and attacking those who resist. Halftone by C. Hentschel after C.J. Staniland, 1895.

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A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.

Sultan Abdulhamid II hosting a dinner at Yildiz Palace, Istanbul. Halftone by C. Hentschel, 1895, after J. Nash.

State funeral of Louis Pasteur at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Process print by C. Hentschel, ca. 1895.

Five prisoners in Persia walking around a yard bound together by chains, a guard with a sword walks nearby. Process print by C. Hentschel after F. Dadd.

Istanbul: Turkish police taking Armenians to prison and attacking those who resist. Halftone by C. Hentschel after C.J. Staniland, 1895.

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