Detail View: Rylands Collection: Weeping Willow at Napoleon's grave
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Image Number:
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JRL16111109
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Reference Number:
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Uncatalogued - Box 1, item 11
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Image Title:
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Weeping Willow at Napoleon's grave
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Series Title:
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E.L. Burney Collection
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Description:
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Curio from Isabella Banks collection; a piece of the Willow which grew over the grave of Napoleon I at St. Helena. It was cut down when the body was exhumed and removed to Paris.
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Keyword:
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Curiosity; Trinket; Collector's item; Napoleon; French History; French Revolution.
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Subject:
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Collectors and collecting
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Category of Material:
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Archives
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Support:
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Wood
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People Covered:
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Banks, G. Linnaeus (George Linnaeus) Mrs., 1821-1897
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People Covered:
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2017-01
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Educational Notes:
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Life of Objects Exhibition
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Academic Project Lead:
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Stella Halkyard
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