Among the most poignant scenes in Napoleonic iconography, this early French postcard reproduces a gravure-style engraving of the emperor's final moments on Saint Helena in May 1821 — his frail form barely visible beneath voluminous white linen as generals, physicians, a priest, and a kneeling attendant crowd the candlelit bedside, while a small bewildered child stands at the foot of the bed, a ghostly witness to the end of an era. The scene is drawn from the tradition of Napoleonic deathbed paintings that proliferated throughout the 19th century, each vying to document or mythologize the moment. The card's undivided back — with its bilingual French/Dutch "Côté réservé à l'adresse" — dates it to the very earliest years of the postcard boom, likely pre-1904. A blind emboss on the lower right of the back reads "Mort de Napoléon" in reverse, confirming the card's title. This is a genuine pioneer-era Napoleonic carte postale of significant historical interest.