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AFTER MARRYAT, FREDERICK, CAPTAIN (1792-1848)

Napoleon on his Death-Bed

c.1821

RCIN 917798

The naval officer Frederick Marryat was stationed on St Helena from 1820. He was able to view, and draw, Napoleon’s body shortly after the Emperor’s death on 5 May 1821. Despite French requests for the return of his body to France, Napoleon was buried on St Helena. His remains were transferred to Paris in 1840.

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