Extremely rare period oil painting of Napoleon's tomb at St Helena

An extremely rare and attractive contemporary painting in oils of the Napoleon's tomb, St Helena. It is presented in its original gilt mount and rosewood veneered frame. Verso a large annotated label provides the work's fascinating provenance and reads iBuonaparte’s Tomb At St. Helena by Captain Jones 13th. Light Dragoons Passenger on Board the Lady Holland Captain Snell March 1827 and given by Him to Lt. Col Baiyly 98th Regt. Passenger from The Cape of Good Hope./I. Although engravings and a few drawings exist of the subject, this is the only extant contemporary oil painting I am aware of. i19 cm x 25 cm/I.

Code: 20816