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| Keywords: Napoleon's exile to Elba3.jpg author LangSwitch Print shows Napoleon I seated backwards on a donkey on the road to Elba from Fontainebleau; he holds a broken sword in one hand and the donkey's tail in the other while two drummers follow him playing a farewell march Includes twelve lines of verse 1814 05 engraving paper hand colored cm 18 9 22 7 institution Library of Congress Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division object history exhibition history credit line inscription The Journey of a modern Hero to the island of ELBA title bottom centre en inscription Pub'd by J Phillips No 32 Charles Street Hampstead road publisher's mark bottom right en inscription To Elba // To Fontainebleu text top left en inscription Materials for the history of my life and exploits // A budget of mathematical books for my study at ELBA text on saddle en inscription A throne is only made of wood and cover'd in velvet text upper left en inscription The greatest events in human life is turn'd to a puff text behind the donkey en Lipsic; the case it is clear I was sent back to France with a flea in my ear A lesson to mortals regarding my fall He grasps at a shadow by grasping at all My course it is finish'd my race it is run My career it is ended just where it begun The Empire of France no more it is mine Because I can't keep it I freely resign text bottom en Assessments 1 Napoleon's exile to Elba 1 Wallpaper-en PoFrFP September accession number Invno PC 2 - Journey of a modern hero A size P P http //www loc gov/pictures/item/2003689151/ Library of Congress CALL NUMBER PC 2 - Journey of a modern hero A size P P PD-old-100 Restored version of Image Napoleon's exile to Elba jpg with dirt water damage stains fingerprints and fibers removed Damaged etching lines and lettering repaired Levels and color balance adjusted PD-old Napoleon on Elba Caricatures of Napoleon I of France People with donkeys in art | ||||
