Raynors HCA 2016-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016
Hand Tinted Print, “"A Grand Panoramic View of the Disinterred Remains of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE as it Appeared in Paris,” 22-1/2” x 17” on flowered wall paper, some minor scuffing and previous folds. . The print is displayed in four rows progressively showing the advancement of the procession finishing with “The Funeral Car drawn by 16 Horses with cloth Gold ...” On December 15, 1840 Napoleon's body arrived in Paris. It was estimated that a million people greeted its arrival, shouting over and over again, "Vive mon grand Napoleon." In a "gorgeous funeral car drawn by sixteen black horses followed by the imperial eagles veiled in crepe," his coffin passed beneath the 164 foot Arc de Triomphe. Like the fabled Pharaohs of Egypt, Napoleon intended to leave great monuments.
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