Napoleon's Leichenbegangniss auf der Insel St. Helena am 5ten Mai 1821 / Les Obsèques de Napoléon à l'Isle de St. Helène le 5eme May 1821 [Napoleon's Funeral on the Island of St. Helena, May 5, 1821]

Johann Lorenz Rugendas II German

After Captain Frederick Marryat British

after 1821

Not on view

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Title: Napoleon's Leichenbegangniss auf der Insel St. Helena am 5ten Mai 1821 / Les Obsèques de Napoléon à l'Isle de St. Helène le 5eme May 1821 [Napoleon's Funeral on the Island of St. Helena, May 5, 1821]
Artist: Johann Lorenz Rugendas II (German, 1775–1826)
Artist: After Captain Frederick Marryat (British, 1792–1848)
Published in: Augsburg
Date: after 1821
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint
Dimensions: Image: 14 13/16 × 21 9/16 in. (37.7 × 54.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 13/16 × 23 1/8 in. (45.3 × 58.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Object Number: 63.606.14
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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