2-688-021 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Napoleon's Farewell To The Imperial Guard At Fontainebleau, April 20, 1814', (1896). Under the terms of The Treaty of Fontainebleau, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was stripped of his powers as ruler of the French Empire and exiled to the island of Elba. Here he bids an emotional farewell to his men. Engraving after the painting by Émile-Jean-Horace Vernet. From Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume IV, by William Milligan Sloane. [The Century Co., New York, 1896]