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Lower Parade, James Town, St. Helena.
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Creator(s)
B.W. Thayer & Co.
Contributor(s)
Patterson, John, Sergt., artist.
Swift, John, Capt.
Title
Lower
Parade
,
James
Town
,
St
.
Helena
.
Link to library catalog record
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=419909
Date
16th
Oct
.
1840
.
Publisher
Boston
:
B.W
.
Thayer's
Lithography
.
Physical Description
1
print
:
lithograph
,
hand-colored
;
image
34
x
51.7
cm.
,
sheet
37.8
x
53.1
cm.
,
mount
39.1
x
53.9
cm
.
Summary
A
procession
of
soldiers
accompanying
Napoleon's
remains
through
James
Town
, the
pathway
lined
with
crowds
.
Formerly
affixed
to the
dust
sheet
was a
handwritten
label
recording
the
title
of the
print
and the
following
:
Picture
given
to
Capt
.
John
Swift
on the
Island
of
St
.
Helena
a
few
years
after
the
removal
of the
body
of
Napoleon
.
Gift
of
Charles
E
.
Mason
,
Jr
.
November
1981
.
#1981.50
.
Subject(s)
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Death and burial--Pictorial works.
Jamestown (Saint Helena)--History--19th century--Pictorial works.
Genre terms
Lithographs--United States--1840-1850.
Location/Call number
Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) C AZSa Hi.1840
Provenance
Mason, Charles E. donor.
Source
446_39.tif
Rights
Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46
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