Sketches in Constantinople by Our Special Artist: 1.The New Minister of War Saluted by the Guard on Coming out of the Sublime Porte 2.Crowd Trying to Enter the Porte to Witness the Taking of Office by Edhem Pasha 3. Excitement in a Vestibule of the Porte at the news of Midhat pasha's Downfall

Description

In this engraving, the impact of one of the most critical political transformations of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 19th century, the dismissal and exile of Grand Vizier Midhat Pasha and the appointment of Edhem Pasha to the post of Grand Vizier, on the public, is depicted in three scenes.