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The Tophane Act of 1886 entrusts Eastern Rumelia’s government to the Bulgarian prince. This is a compromise retaining Ottoman rights, rather than a declaration of full independence.\n\nIn Nikolai Pavlovich’s lithograph the Principality and Eastern Rumelia appear as women. A ribbon above marks Unification; another mentions Pirot and the November fighting. This is allegory, not a scene witnessed on the coup night. Our interpretation is that the artist brings political union and its military defence into one image. The agreement, however, separates specified Muslim villages in the Kardzhali district and the Rhodopes from the province and places them under direct Ottoman administration.","images":[{"alpha":false,"avif":[{"src":"/media/asset-unif-lithograph-480.a742eb58.avif","w":480},{"src":"/media/asset-unif-lithograph-774.a742eb58.avif","w":774}],"dominant":"#858585","h":1024,"w":774,"webp":[{"src":"/media/asset-unif-lithograph-774.a742eb58.webp","w":774}],"src":"/media/asset-unif-lithograph-774.a742eb58.webp","id":"asset.unif.lithograph","alt":"Lithograph with two female allegorical figures and ribbons referring to Unification and Pirot.","objectCaption":"Lithograph with two female allegorical figures and ribbons referring to Unification and Pirot.","caption":"","kindLabel":"Drawing","kind":"artwork","visibleKind":"Drawing","creditLabels":{"title":"Images","source":"Open source","full":"Full attribution"},"fit":"contain","credit":"Николай Павлович (artist) (1835-1894) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons","license":"Public domain","attribution":"United Bulgaria, an allegory by Nikolai Pavlovich. 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