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129 - NAPOLEON, Return of the Ashes: Set of 8 engravings: - Exhuma…
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NAPOLEON, Return of the Ashes: Set of 8 engravings: - Exhumation of the Emperor - Departure of the body from St Helena - Transfer of the ashes to Les Invalides - The Emperor’s funeral (Champs-Élysées) – The clergy receive Napoleon’s mortal remains in the main courtyard of Les Invalides (24x34.5 image, 44.5x61 sheet) - Napoleon in the chapel of rest at Les Invalides - Interior of the church at Les Invalides during the religious ceremony (same image in Spanish) - A former gendarme at the infirmary of Les Invalides. His feet were frostbitten at the Neuilly Bridge on the day Napoleon’s ashes arrived (15 December 1840); engraving by Paul Renouard published by the Société des Aquafortistes in 1896
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Auction time 07/23/2026 at 10:10 AM
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