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Property of a lady - Napoleonic historical interest - CHAPLIN, Arnold and YOUNG, Norwood - 'Napoleon at St. Helena. A Collection of Portraits, Views, and Caricatures to Extra-Illustrate I. 'A St. Helena Who's Who or a Directory of The Island during The Captivity of Napoleon', by Arnold Chaplin, London 1919, and II. 'Napoleon in Exile: St. Helena (1815-1821)', by Norwood Young, London 1915, Collected and Arranged by Alfred Brewis, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne' - a 'Grangerized' or 'Grangerised' folio volume, finely bound by Cedric Chivers of Bath, 19.7 by 13.8ins. (50 by 35cms.) (overall, excluding red cloth slipcase), a fine collection of contemporary cartoons, caricatures, satirical prints, manuscript letters, views and portraits relating to Napoleon in exile, including contemporary hand-coloured caricatures or cartoons by Rowlandson and Cruikshank. Footnote - Alfred Brewis was a shipowner in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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