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Description: | Counter commemorating the translation of the body of Napoleon I, 1840. Obverse: Small head of the Emperor, laureate (right). Legend: 'NAPOLEON EMPEREUR'. Exergue: 'JE D�SIRE QUE MES CENDRES REPOSENT SUR LES RIVES DE LA SEINE AU MILLIEU DE CE PEUPLE QUE J'AI TANT AIME'. Reverse: View of the coffin being carried up from the quay in Paris, France standing in foreground, holding a spray of flowers and a festoon, receiving it; a ship in the offing firing a signal (right); a winged figure standing (left), Les Invalides behind; an eagle and clouds above.
caption: Counter commemorating the translation of the body of Napoleon I, 1840; obverse
caption: Counter commemorating the translation of the body of Napoleon I, 1840; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | J.P. Emperor Montagny of France Napoleon Bonaparte | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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