Height overall:13 cm (5.2in)
Patinated bronze standing figure of Emperor Napoléon I (1769-1821). The Emperor modelled standing full-length, arms folded, right leg forward, in the uniform of the Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale and wearing the breast badge and star of the Legion d’Honneur and the breast badge of the Couronne de Fer. Raised on a bronze base cast with crowned N’s, an imperial eagle and laurels.
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It was a ‘statue’ of this form that Napoleon offered to his physician Dr O’Meara on his departure from St. Helena. It became widely known through its appearance as the frontispiece of the second edition of O'Meara's 'Napoleon in exile, or, A voice from St. Helena' (London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1822). The model later became widely known through bronze editions by Emile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin (1841-1907) during the Second Empire (1852-1870).