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Napoleon's tomb with a hidden silhouette

Subject Napoléon Bonaparte French
1838–93
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Napoleon's tomb with a hidden silhouette
  • Artist: Francois-Charles Oberthür (French, Strasbourg 1818–1893)
  • Subject: Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
  • Date: 1838–93
  • Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 4 5/8 × 3 15/16 in. (11.8 × 10 cm)
    Sheet: 8 15/16 × 6 3/4 in. (22.7 × 17.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.602.210
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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