2-688-325 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Last Days of Napoleon', c1821, (1866), (1896). A dying and disillusioned Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), dethroned and in exile. He is shown with a map of Europe on his lap, a reference to the territory conquered by his armies. Photograph of the sculpture made in 1866 by Vincenzo Vela. From Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume IV, by William Milligan Sloane. [The Century Co., New York, 1896]