Detail View: Rylands Collection: Weeping Willow at Napoleon's grave

Image Number: 
JRL16111110
Reference Number: 
Uncatalogued - Burney Box 1, item 11
Image Title: 
Weeping Willow at Napoleon's grave
Series Title: 
E.L. Burney Collection
Description: 
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.
Keyword: 
Curiosity; Trinket; Collector's item; Napoleon; French History; French Revolution.
Subject: 
Collectors and collecting
Category of Material: 
Archives
Support: 
Wood
People Covered: 
Banks, G. Linnaeus (George Linnaeus) Mrs., 1821-1897
People Covered: 
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2017-01
Educational Notes: 
Life of Objects Exhibition
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Academic Project Lead: 
Stella Halkyard