Abstract

This painting by Ernst Henseler (b. 1852) shows parliamentarians enjoying a morning pint in the Reich Chancellery. Festive get-togethers of this sort gave Bismarck an opportunity to convince parliamentary friends and foes that his policies deserved support. Sometimes consensus-building flowed in the opposite direction, however.

Ernst Henseler, Parliamentary Morning Pint (1894)

Ernst Henseler

Source

Source: Ernst Henseler, Parlamentarischer Frühschoppen bei Bismarck [Parliamentary Morning Pint at Bismarck’s]. Painting (1896). Original: Park Charlottenburg, Schloss Charlottenburg, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten.
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Recommended Citation

Ernst Henseler, Parliamentary Morning Pint (1894), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/ghdi:image-1477> [April 24, 2024].

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