In 1870, Henschel opened another subsidiary of his atelier, this time in Rio de Janeiro, on Ourives street (nowadays Miguel Couto street, number 40).
It was in Rio, capital of the Empire, where he started his prosperous partnership with Francisco Benque.
With the name of Henschel & Benque, it specialized in the production and marketing of portraits,  landscapes, and  the photopaintings made by Karl Ernst Papf, whose presence in Brazil was due to Henschel.
There are no records dating when the relationship with Benque crumbled; it is probable that their association remained until 1880.

Because of the quality of his work and his success  in the Court, Henschel received the title of Photographo da Casa Imperial (Photographer of the Royal House) on 7 September 1874, together with Benque, which would give his photographs increased recognition and raise their price.
The historian photographer Gilberto Ferrez describes the quality and importance of Henschel as follows:
Henschel photographed Rio and its surroundings [...].
He made landscapes, but above all he was a distinguished portraitist.
There is almost no family album where no portraits of grandparents were done by Alberto Henschel.

— —Gilberto Ferrez
Henschel participated in many exhibitions of photographs, standing out in the exposition of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in 1872 and 1875, for which he received the Gold Medal in the first edition.
He also participated in the IV National Exposition and the Universal Exposition of Vienna, in Austria, where he received the Merit Medal.
In 1870, Henschel opened another subsidiary of his atelier, this time in Rio de Janeiro, on Ourives street (nowadays Miguel Couto street, number 40). It was in Rio, capital of the Empire, where he started his prosperous partnership with Francisco Benque. With the name of Henschel & Benque, it specialized in the production and marketing of portraits,  landscapes, and  the photopaintings made by Karl Ernst Papf, whose presence in Brazil was due to Henschel. There are no records dating when the relationship with Benque crumbled; it is probable that their association remained until 1880.
Because of the quality of his work and his success  in the Court, Henschel received the title of Photographo da Casa Imperial (Photographer of the Royal House) on 7 September 1874, together with Benque, which would give his photographs increased recognition and raise their price. The historian photographer Gilberto Ferrez describes the quality and importance of Henschel as follows:
Henschel photographed Rio and its surroundings [...]. He made landscapes, but above all he was a distinguished portraitist. There is almost no family album where no portraits of grandparents were done by Alberto Henschel.
— —Gilberto Ferrez
Henschel participated in many exhibitions of photographs, standing out in the exposition of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in 1872 and 1875, for which he received the Gold Medal in the first edition. He also participated in the IV National Exposition and the Universal Exposition of Vienna, in Austria, where he received the Merit Medal.
Alberto Henschel