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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

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  • Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte touching the bubo of a plague victim at Jaffa in 1799. Coloured wood engraving by Thiébault.
  • The last moments of Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena, 1821. Engraving by Bovinet and Couché after Gudin.
  • The ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte arriving by ship on French soil. Lithograph by V. Adam.
  • Napoleon climbing a headless skeleton trying to reach an unattainable crown; representing his imperial ambitions for France and his own for sovereignty. Coloured etching, 1803.
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    • Books

    Nel faustissimo ingresso in Pavia dell'imperador Napoleone Bonaparte I re d'Italia / [Domenico Pertusi].

    Pertusi, Domenico. | Date: 1805
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Napoleonic miscellany

    Bonaparte, Joséphine, Empress, Consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1815 | Date: 1799-1891 | Reference: MS.7917
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Napoleonic documents

    Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801 | Date: 1799-1813 | Reference: MS.7916
    • Books
    • Online

    Proclamation ... à ses nouveaux sujets. Constitution de l'Île d'Elbe / Traduction littérale de ces deux pièce officielles, imprimées en langue italienne à Livourne.

    Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 | Date: 1814
    • Books

    Description de l'Egypte / publiée par les ordres de Napoléon Bonaparte ; [conception and text, Gilles Néret ; English translation, Chris Miller ; German translation, Bettina Blumenberg].

    | Date: [1994], ©1994
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