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Part of wreath sent by Napoleon, France and Italy, 1814-1815
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was Emperor of France between 1804 and 1814. He abdicated power at Fontainebleau in France and was exiled to the island of Elba in 1814 by Allied forces. He stayed there only nine months before escaping with an army of 1000 men. This ornate box contains the remains of a wreath that was sent from Elba by Bonaparte to intimate the season he might escape. He was finally…
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- revolution
- wreath
- Revolution
- Wreath
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- revolution
- wreath
- Revolution
- Wreath
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0064945
Identifier
- L0064945
- Science Museum A86415
- kzenanjb
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:24:59.434Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:24:59.434Z