Mort de Napoleon-Le-Grand.

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Original antique wood cut, hand colored. The former French Emperor died on Saturday, May 5, 1821, after five and a half years of exile on Saint Helena. At his bedside were his most loyal friends, those who have accompanied him to the end. Among them, Henri-Gatien Bertrand, was seated near him. We find in the image the members of his family whom he brought with him in Bonaparte's exile, including Fanny Bertrand and her children Hortense and Henri. On a stool, at the bottom center of the image, is the Emperor's Austerlitz sword, accompanied by a laurel wreath. They are both based on a list of the territories conquered by Napoleon. This print can be found in a multitude of forms among painters of the time, such as Charles de Steuben.