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Lord Curzon's letters concerning his Napoleon collection
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 12932
Lord Curzon's letters concerning his Napoleon collection.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1917-1924
Napoleon on his death bed at St. Helena
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. d. 82
Napoleon on his death bed at St. Helena, written and made in the 19th century.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
written and made in the 19th century
Curzon Collection
Collection
Collection of printed books about Napoleon collected by George, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, 1809-1928.
Extents: 4.86 Linear metres (48 boxes)
Dates:
1809-1928
Papers of Trevor Hearl
Collection
Material relating to the death of Napoleon Bonaparte on St. Helena, comprising five pencil sketches of Bonaparte and Longwood House by Capt. Guy Rotton, 1821, with an explanatory note by Hearl, and Translation du cerceuil de 'Empereur Napoléon à bord de la frégate La Belle-Poule... by Durand-Brager (Paris, Gide, 1844), with a photocopy of the text.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates:
1821, 1844
Napoleon
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Atlan. s. 23 / 35
Correspondence, newspaper cuttings and articles relating to Napoleon Bonaparte. Includes:
correspondence relating to Hearl's purchase of five sketches of Napoleon, and Longwood House, by Captain Guy Rotton, 1991 (the sketches were received separately, see shelfmark MSS. Atlan. t. 1)
The papers dated pre-1980 are copies.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
[1839]-2006
Napoleon medallion
File
Shelfmark: MS. WHF Talbot objects 108
Medallion or bas relief of Napoleon, material uncertain.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
n.d.
Napoleon
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Atlan. s. 23 / 36
Correspondence, newspaper cuttings and articles relating to Napoleon Bonaparte. Includes:
'The Mahogany Table Mystery: A Napoleonic Legend from St. Helena' by Hearl, 1990
The papers dated pre-1980 are copies.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
[1817]-2006
Bust of Napoleon I
Item
Shelfmark: MS. 21088 photogr. 1/54
Image of a Bust of Napoleon I, showing a frontal view of the statuette in front of a backdrop. The portrait bust in this photograph is of Napoleon I (1769-1821) and is probably a statuette after the original by Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763-1810).On the verso, written in pencil, is "Napoleon".This is the only known print of the image.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
n.d.
Papers relating to Napoleon III
File
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 678/1
Mainly letters to de Michele from Napoleon III and secretaries, with copies of some letters from de Michele, 1842-72, and (fols. 102-117) newspaper cuttings relating to Napoleon III, 1854-80
Extents: 117 Leaves
Dates:
1840-80
Harriet Butler to Fanny Edgeworth -'Napoleon'…
Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 743, fols. 54-55
Harriet Butler to Fanny Edgeworth -'Napoleon' (Francis Edgeworth's poem) - Miss Douglas
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
18 Feb 1828
To Fanny Edgeworth - Scott's Napoleon, vols. 4-6
Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 706, fol. 162
To Fanny Edgeworth - Scott's Napoleon, vols. 4-6
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
Oct 1828
To Fanny Wilson - Napoleon in Council - Lucy…
Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 708, fols. 171-172
To Fanny Wilson - Napoleon in Council - Lucy Edgeworth's Indian scheme - Lindley Murray's Life - Sir J. Reynolds and Goldsmith - church robberies
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
2 Apr 1837
Water-colours, sketches and engravings, some coloured, of views of St. Helena, Longwood, and the grave of Napoleon
File
Shelfmark: MS. Curzon a. 1
Water-colours, sketches and engravings, some coloured, of views of St. Helena, Longwood, and the grave of Napoleon, with (fol. 5) fragment of wallpaper from Napoleon's bedroom at St. Helena, and (fols. 4a, 19) portraits of Napoleon.
Extents: 20 items
Dates:
c. 1809-1822
'The Story of Napoleon's Wall-paper and arsenic' and travelogue of Ascension Island and St. Helena
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Atlan. r. 2/14
Comprises:
'The Story of Napoleon's Wall-paper and arsenic', BBC2 documentary, aired 23 May 1992
travelogue of Ascension Island and St. Helena, Channel 4, aired 16 Sep 1996
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1992-1996
A letter from Giuseppe Longhi, of Milan, and a portrait of Napoleon I at Lyons in 1801
File
Shelfmark: MS. Montagu d. 20*
A letter from Giuseppe Longhi, of Milan, June 4, 1828, narrating the circumstances under which he took a portrait of Napoleon I at Lyons in 1801. The portrait is also in the Library.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
written in 1828 by G. Longhi
Notebook on Napoleon
File
Shelfmark: MS. Fisher 114
Notebook on Napoleon
File
Shelfmark: MS. Fisher 115
Presentation copy from the Lord Mayor to de Michele of The address presented by the Corporation of the City of London, to... Napoleon iii... 1855(London)
File
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 678/2
With a facsimile of Napoleon's reply, annotated on the end flyleaf by de Michele 'The Emperor's reply was prepared for him by C.E. de M. '
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1855