"What’s with Napoleon putting his hand in his coat?" Topic
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Tango01  | 21 Nov 2022 8:07 p.m. PST |
"If you want to mimic Napoleon Bonaparte, just stand straight and hide one hand in your jacket. It's an immediately recognizable pose and unique to Napoleon, right? Like so many Napoleonic myths, there's more here than meets the eye…" Main page
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| bandit86 | 21 Nov 2022 8:31 p.m. PST |
I heard he kept a cheese sandwich in there :) |
| Zephyr1 | 21 Nov 2022 8:57 p.m. PST |
The clothing styles of the day didn't allow him to do an Al Bundy… ;-) |
| Frederick | 22 Nov 2022 6:21 a.m. PST |
Maybe it was really, really cold in the room |
| dibble | 22 Nov 2022 8:32 a.m. PST |
Yeah! And what about Al Bundy putting his hand in the waist-band of his trousers when he sits down to watch Psycho Dad? |
| ConnaughtRanger | 22 Nov 2022 10:16 a.m. PST |
I remember a very scurrilous flip-book type cartoon doing the rounds at school that illustrated the real reason. |
| IronDuke596 | 22 Nov 2022 10:26 a.m. PST |
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| Au pas de Charge | 22 Nov 2022 2:43 p.m. PST |
There was a strong Neo-classical movement during this era.
I've read that Napoleon was emulating Roman patricians and Julius Caesar who were often sculpted with their hands in the folds of their togas. |
| Tango01 | 22 Nov 2022 2:57 p.m. PST |
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| 42flanker | 22 Nov 2022 10:30 p.m. PST |
It wasn't his coat, it was his 'veste'
- and did he ever adopt this pose out of the painter's studio? (No photos, I guess) |
| Trajanus | 23 Nov 2022 6:47 a.m. PST |
Keeping hold of his Cognac! |
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