The gal who’s having major wardrobe malfunctions is France. The old guy who can’t make up his mind whether to help her up or feel her up is Louis 18th, who became king after the allied monarchies of Europe finally succeeded in forcing the Bourbons back into power in France after the French expressed their distaste for that family by executing the ruling members and fighting several wars to keep them out. It’s all a pretty disgusting royalist allegory by an artist who knew how to earn a few francs by sucking up to rich and powerful French people, as he did throughout the age of Napoleon.
As for Melcher’s caption, let’s be charitable and suppose he left the X out of the roman numeral by mistake. Otherwise we would have to acknowledge that the poor guy can’t distinguish between the 1600’s and the 1800’s, which would be pretty pathetic. Given his recent track record for historical awareness, that’s being awfully generous, but let’s be nice to the guy. I’m sure he does his best.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1674 (March 28, 2017) entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box below the last comment; so, I won’t point to it here.
Take advantage while you can XVIII! Napy is just on a little Mediterranean vacation. He’ll be back! (That phrase doesn’t sound so intimidating with a French accent compared to an Austrian one.)
BE THIS GUY over 7 years ago
The queen fainted when she saw what the dwarfs were doing at the coronation.
Bilan over 7 years ago
Bachelor parties were a bit different in France when the word cake actually meant bread.
J Short over 7 years ago
Thank God. I thought that fat lady was never going to sing.
J Short over 7 years ago
Early Navy version of what in later years they named Tailhook.
pcolli over 7 years ago
Oh, look…. there’s a face in the top right corner.
maltmash3r over 7 years ago
The alternate painting by Delacroix- “Lady Tyranny Leading the Court”
Knightman Premium Member over 7 years ago
King Louis copping a feel!!!
rugeirn over 7 years ago
The gal who’s having major wardrobe malfunctions is France. The old guy who can’t make up his mind whether to help her up or feel her up is Louis 18th, who became king after the allied monarchies of Europe finally succeeded in forcing the Bourbons back into power in France after the French expressed their distaste for that family by executing the ruling members and fighting several wars to keep them out. It’s all a pretty disgusting royalist allegory by an artist who knew how to earn a few francs by sucking up to rich and powerful French people, as he did throughout the age of Napoleon.
As for Melcher’s caption, let’s be charitable and suppose he left the X out of the roman numeral by mistake. Otherwise we would have to acknowledge that the poor guy can’t distinguish between the 1600’s and the 1800’s, which would be pretty pathetic. Given his recent track record for historical awareness, that’s being awfully generous, but let’s be nice to the guy. I’m sure he does his best.
Linguist over 7 years ago
" Now is not the time to have a wardrobe malfunction ! " She ruefully murmured to herself.
mabrndt Premium Member over 7 years ago
2 URLs (copy each as one line):
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_XVIII_relevant_la_France.jpg
has info and links that point to info about this painting (best viewed by Google Chrome – can automatically translate linked pages, if necessary).
http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Louis_Philippe_Crepin/11095625/Louis_Philippe_Crepin.aspx
has a short bio for this artist.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1674 (March 28, 2017) entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box below the last comment; so, I won’t point to it here.
Funny_Ha_Ha over 7 years ago
History’s first documented nip slip.
d1234dick Premium Member over 7 years ago
The queen fainted when she saw what her kid had learned at the orgy.
cameron_scarlett over 7 years ago
Take advantage while you can XVIII! Napy is just on a little Mediterranean vacation. He’ll be back! (That phrase doesn’t sound so intimidating with a French accent compared to an Austrian one.)
waltermintz about 3 years ago
He seems to be very good at it.