embossed funeral/memorial card:
white on black:
angel at left side, mourning figure and weeping willow at right, flankig tombstone surmounted by urn
Text:
In Memory of
Louis Napoleon
Emperor of the French
Who Died at Camden House, Chislehurst
(After a brief but painful illness,)
On Thursday, January 9th, 1873,
Aged 64.
One of Nature's Noblemen" [sic]
9 January 1873: death of Louis Napoleon (ex-Emperor Napoleon III) in British exile, at Chislehurst
memorial card + description
chislehurst-society.org.uk/pages/about/...
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