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c. 1820

Napoleon in Disguise, on His Way into Exile on the Island of Elba, April 1814

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Translation of text: In an attempt to escape the crowd's fury, the ex-emperor donned an Austrian officer's uniform, placed a Prussian shako on his head, and covered himself in a Russian fur coat.

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