Bertrand’s wife, Fanny, sits with their elder children Hortense and Henry, while the Bertrands’ youngest child Arthur (born on St. Helena, and a favourite of Napoleon) peeks over the far side of the bed. Jacques Chandelier, Napoleon’s chef, bows his head at the bedside.
François Carlo Antommarchi, who served as Napoleon’s physician.
Henri-Gratien Bertrand, one of Napoleon’s most loyal generals, who was with him during his first exile
Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, one of Napoleon’s generals who followed him into exile, and Capt. William Crokat, the British officer who formally transmitted news of the event to Europe.
“The death of Napoleon” (1828) by Charles de Steuben. The Napoleon Museum, Arenenberg Palace, Switzerland.
