Illustration from Le Monde illustrée dated 13 April 1861, showing the Emperor Napoleon I’s coffin being carried down to the crypt of Les Invalides on 2 April 1861, as the Imperial family (Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie and the Prince Imperial) looked over the balcony from above.
It was published together with an article by Charles YRIARTE (an English translation of which can be found here)– reporting on the final inhumation of Napoleon I in the purpose-built crypt designed by Visconti at Les Invalides on 2 April 1861, (nearly 40 years after his death, and over 20 years after the “Retour des Cendres”).
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