That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 24, 2017

“Do you think the cape will help me get into the Avengers?”

Good God, get your heels down.

It turns out that there are five different versions of this painting. I’ve seen the one in Charlottenburg Palace (Berlin), which is very impressive (and BIG).

I think the wind is coming from behind us!!!

Napoleon Bonaparte winning the Broncos busting competition at the Corsican Rodeo

They have the meats!

I found where they keep the blankets, follow me.

I suppose that this makes sense to my American friends. I had to look up “Arby’s”.

Sorry sir, the rest of us are going for pizza.

Ghost riders in disguise.

It’s the bathroom that’s on the right.

2 URLs (copy each as one line):

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Napoleon_Crossing_Alps_copy_Rouget_1840.jpg

(best viewed by Google Chrome – can automatically translate most pages if necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting.

http://www.philatelia.net/bonapart/artists/?more=1&id=162

has info about this artist. 

As Kilby points out, there are 5 different versions of the painting. But, to be clear, all 5 were by David (1748-1825), this artist’s teacher. In 1840, Louis Phillippe I (1773-1850), King of France (1830-1848), commissioned the artist to paint this copy of the 2nd Versailles version, for its current-location (pointed to by the first URL).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1757 (July 23, 2017) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment; so, I won’t point to it here.

This is me! I swear to God, this is me! They’ve closed all the Arby’s stores in our town and now I have to drive to the sticks for my Arby’s.

“Last one there pays ! "

That’s why we’re turning left.

alright men just hold your cape open and let the wind take you home.

In a situation like that, I’ll take a good mule. At least they know the rule for man or beast is three points of contact with the ground at all times – especially when you are centimeters from a drop-off behind you. Heroic poses are no substitute for reliability.

“Is your mane full of split ends? Is your tail frizzy? Does your rider try and hide under a red cape to avoid being embarrassed by your appearance?! You need new and improved Withers and Fetlock shampoo for horses”

If he were a Canadian it would be a Tim Hortons