“An export ban has been placed on a rare Napoleon Bonaparte “death mask” in the hope that a British buyer can be found for the “macabre” object.”
Article by Ian Johnston in The Independent, Wednesday 13 November, 2013.
For more details on the various death masks of Napoleon, read Chantal Prévot's article in Napoleonica. La Revue: “L'affaire des masques mortuaires de Napoléon” (in French).