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A Madras and the shirt worn by Napoleon on St Helena are displayed at Waterloo Battlefield Museum in Braine-L Alleud, before being put on auction by Bonhams for the bicentenary of Napoleon s death, Belgium, May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
WATERLOO, Belgium (Reuters) – A shirt worn by Napoleon during his exile on the island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic and a letter he wrote there to practise his English have gone on display at a museum in Belgium ahead of an auction later this year in Britain.
A silk scarf he wore around his head on the windswept British outpost is also on show, along with a walking stick made from a narwhal tooth, a rare and precious object from the exiled former French emperor’s daily life on Saint Helena.
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A Madras and the shirt worn by Napoleon on St Helena are displayed at Waterloo Battlefield Museum in Braine-L Alleud, before being put on auction by Bonhams for the bicentenary of Napoleon s death, Belgium, May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
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A shirt worn by Napoleon during his exile on the island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic and a letter he wrote there to practise his English have gone on display at a museum in Belgium ahead of an auction later this year in Britain.
A silk scarf he wore around his head on the windswept British outpost is also on show, along with a walking stick made from a narwhal tooth, a rare and precious object from the exiled former French emperor s daily life on Saint Helena.
Shirt worn by Napoleon in exile and his English letter go on display at Belgium museum
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Last Updated: May 12, 2021, 04:28 PM IST
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A silk scarf he wore around his head on the windswept British outpost is also on show.
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The exhibition at the Battle of Waterloo memorial museum, near Brussels, is part of commemorations of the bicentenary of Napoleon s death aged 51 on May 5, 1821.
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WATERLOO: A shirt worn by Napoleon during his exile on the island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic and a letter he wrote there to practise his English have gone on display at a museum in Belgium ahead of an auction later this year in Britain.
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A shirt worn by Napoleon on St Helena is displayed at Waterloo Battlefield Museum in Braine-L’Alleud, before being put on auction by Bonhams for the bicentenary of Napoleon’s death May 11, 2021. Reuters pic
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WATERLOO, May 12 A shirt worn by Napoleon during his exile on the island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic and a letter he wrote there to practise his English have gone on display at a museum in Belgium ahead of an auction later this year in Britain.
200th Anniversary of the Death of Napoleon Bonaparte Commemorated in London Sale
The 5th May 2021 marks 200 years since the death of the great military leader and first Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte in exile on the island of St. Helena. One of the most significant figures in world history, Napoleon s political and cultural legacy is undeniable. To commemorate this anniversary year, on
27 October, Bonhams will present
Napoleon Bonaparte: The British Sale at
New Bond Street, London.
The cross-category sale will feature an array of historically significant items – from jewellery and manuscripts to personal effects and paintings – exploring Napoleon, alongside other historically-related European figures, from France and Great Britain to Italy, Spain and beyond. Highlights of the sale will include personal artefacts from Napoleon as well as those of Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, the Duke of Wellington, Admiral Lord Nelson, and Joséphine Bonaparte, amongst others.