That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 01, 2022

“I am going to appoint my new born son King of Rome. I don’t want to put too much pressure on him at such a young age.”

/// Here Napoléon (this guy again?)

shows the child King of Rome to his men.

He’s the French Prince, mon cher,

(and not just of Bel-Air).

Might become second Emperor “N.”

“It’s yours for 20 francs. I can always make more.”

“Take my wife…please!”

Napoleon’s back yet again/

Attended by groveling men/

Can there be no escape/

From this posturing ape/

Who doesn’t know when to say when?///

This depiction of Nap’s younger days/

Most likely won critical praise/

But what of his foes ?/

And not only those -/

His Marshals – the Carnots and the Neys ?///

He didn’t do it alone../

Why aren’t the rest better known ?/

O, please – tell me why/

It’s the same freakin’ guy/

Defiling the screen of my phone?

Jokes aside, the guy on the right is wearing a blue cape patterned with fleurs de lys, the royal symbol. Who he?

It’s strange to find that this baby, the only child recognized as truly Napoleon’s own, would in a few years, be taken from the political turmoil created by his father and grow up away from France.

By all accounts he showed talent in military arts, and must have made European governments uneasy. Were some factions relieved that “Napoleon II” died at age 21?

How strange to read a person’s life as compressed in a few paragraphs. Jump ahead, and read from the Wikipedia article regarding the Disposition of His Remains:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_II

”Disposition of His Remains

“On 15 November 1940, Adolf Hitler ordered the remains of Napoleon II to be transferred from Vienna to the dome of Les Invalides in Paris.910 The remains of Napoleon I had been returned to France in December 1840, at the time of the July Monarchy.11 In December 1969, the remains of Napoleon II were moved underground to the cella of Napoleon’s tomb.

“While most of his remains were transferred to Paris in 1940, his heart and intestines remained in Vienna, which is traditional for members of the Habsburg family. His heart is in Urn 42 of the Herzgruft (‘Heart Crypt’), and his viscera are in Urn 76 of the Ducal Crypt…”

Hey! He pulled his hand out of his vest.

“Yes, he does have my nose, eyes, and my family’s facial structure, but I’m telling you the kid is definitely yours.”

You’re too late. I delivered him myself.

He’ll be “red-shirted” in no time (Star Trek reference)

“Yes. I’ve been called a ‘Nancy’. What’s that inside your cloak?”

No, it wasn’t me who invaded 9 months ago; as you can see, I was a little busy.

She says its mine, but look and see. That’s your nose!!!

“Well, what’s the verdict, Maury? Is it mine?”

Guess what? I have ze dungeon cell all ready for vous

“Yes, Your Highness, those are the tightest pants I have ever seen. I didn’t know you were circumcised.”

Don’t give me that innocent act! THIS! This is what I’m talking about regarding my year-long campaign away leaving you in charge at my home!

Napoleon I presents the King of Rome to the dignitaries of the Empire, March 20, 1811: 

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(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first File: found, and click its link for info (best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages as necessary) and links that point to more info about this roughly lifesize painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3021 (November 1, 2022) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by this artist have been used here. The July 24, 2017, strip has the prior.

Said Jean-Pierre to Pierre-Paul/

(When both had escaped from the hall,/

And were having a beer/

Where nobody could hear)/

“You seen one, you seen ‘em all !”

when Napolean wore his tight pants, he left quite an impression.

Yes, yes nice baby Nappy, especially the one in the brown dress behind Josephine!

Give you a cigar? Whatever for?

3 Napoleon’s in 6 days. The paintings must have been on sale …

Replied the Emperor: “Go Marry the Widow”.

For tomorrow:

In an Amsterdam Atelier/

The wealthy while hours away/

scrutinizing the art/

Then they blithely depart/

And if they should buy, they don’t pay.