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Funeral of Louis-Philippe - the Procession leaving the Palace at Claremont, 1850. The body of former French king Louis Philippe I is taken from his home at Claremont in Surrey: 'Such was the weight of the coffin, that ten stout men had some difficulty in bearing it safely down the flight of stone steps leading from the mansion to the lawn...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.