As you may know, MedChi has the (alleged) medical case from Napoleon Bonaparte's physician from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. You can watch our brief video about it here.
We are updating the MedChi Museum of Maryland Medical History a bit and will be moving the Napoleon case to another wall. It currently has an old Piranesi print hanging above it, but that's from the wrong era.
Like Marcia, I am an inveterate auction-goer, and at a recent auction, I found an old 1880s cigarette card collection called "The Napoleon Album" published by the tobacco firm, Allen & Ginter from Richmond, Virginia.
The booklet (not cigarette cards) contains a number of beautifully lithographed images of Napoleon's life, bound with a length of silk cording.
Although my copy is not in great condition, it is more than 140 years old, I did find high resolution copies of the book from Duke University's library.
My plan is to frame the originals and hang them above the Napoleon Cabinet.
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