Picture No | 10512481 |
Date | 1896 |
Description | King Prempeh I's humiliation, 1896 |
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One of the Govenor's demands made after the Ashanti rebellion was that King Prempeh should make abject submission in accordance with the native custom. The King removed his crown and sandals, came forward with the Queen Mother to perform the act of humiliation, and reached the platform on which were seated Sir Francis Scott, Colonel Kempster and Mr. Maxwell. They knelt and embraced the Englishmen's legs and boots, while the Ashantis looked on with astonishment at their King's abasement.
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Source | Unattributed engraving, 1896. |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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