British Museum, London, UK. 20th February, 2015. Bonaparte and the British: prints and propaganda in the age of Napoleon. 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. This exhibition focuses on the printed propaganda that either reviled or glorified Napoleon Bonaparte, on both sides of the English Channel. The exhibition runs till 16th August, 2015. Credit: Malcolm Park editorial/Alamy Live News
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Photographed with the permission of the British Museum. Notice to editors: The image may be reproduced and published as a composite part of a news story, article and critical review of the exhibition/museum only. Death mask of Napoleon. Plaster of Paris cast. Napoleon died on St Helena on 7 May 1821 after several weeks of painful decline. The cause of his death is still disputed. As with so much of Napoleon’s story, there are many conflicting accounts of the making of his death mask and it’s subsequent history. Only a small number of casts were taken from the original mould, and this is a second, or perhaps third generation cast. Its acquisition by the British Museum is not recorded, but it is thought to have been here from the 1830s.