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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 3270/2/2/3/2
Alt Ref No27/3
TitlePapers relating to the post-mortem report on Napoleon and Napoleon's death mask
Date20th century
Extent1 file
DescriptionSmall file of newspaper cuttings and correspondence relating to Napoleon's post-mortem report. Includes letter from W.S. Angus, University Secretary, informing Lockhart that a death mask of Napoleon had been recently gifted to the University and that it would be placed in the Pathological Museum beside the post-mortem report on Napoleon, as one already existed in the Anthropological Museum, 11 July 1956. Contains photographic copy of the report. Also, note referring to Napoleon's death mask found in St Thomas's Hospital, London, by Professor Robert Reid, 1889.
Access StatusOpen
CopiesNote by A.P.: 2 copies sent to Birmingham.
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