Return of the ashes of Napoleon I to Paris, 15 December 1840 (colour litho)

Entrée des cendres de Napoléon 1er à Paris, / le 15 décembre 1840. Paris dans sa Splendeur. Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. The retour des cendres ("return of the ashes") was the return of the mortal remains of Napoleon I of France from the island of St Helena to France and their burial in the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris in 1840, on the initiative of Adolphe Thiers and King Louis-Philippe.