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English: Title: The Submission of King Prempah: The Final Act of Humiliation.

Illustration for The Graphic, 29 February 1896.

Caption: One of the demands made by Governor Maxwell to the Ashanti King was that the latter should make his submission in accordance with native custom. Prempeh was ordered to remove his crown and his sandals, and to come forward with the Queen Mother to perform the act of humiliation. Arrived at the platform on which Mr. Maxwell, Sir Francis Scott, and Colonel Kempster were seated, they bent down and clasped the legs of the Governor in token of submission.

Pictured on platform: Sir Francis Scott, Governor Maxwell, Colonel Kempster

Pictured kneeling: Prempah, The Queen Mother

Illustrator: William Small

Published: The Graphic, Feb 29 1896
Français : Les Britanniques soumettent les Ashantis et humilient publiquement le roi Prempeh. La soumission du roi Ashanti aux Britanniques, gravure anglaise du XIXᵉ siècle. — Vers Tombouctou : L’Afrique des explorateurs II (p. 149), coll. « Découvertes Gallimard / Invention du monde » (nº 216).
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Original publication: The Graphic

Immediate source: Sven Lindqvist, The Dead do not Die, pg 66
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After William Small  (1843–1929)  wikidata:Q19999567
 
After William Small
Description British painter, watercolorist, drawer, illustrator and lithographer
British watercolourist and illustrator
Date of birth/death 27 May 1843 Edit this at Wikidata 23 December 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Edinburgh Worcester
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creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q19999567
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