Introducing: Napoleon
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The Portraits of Napoleon
Francois jahard painted a portrait of josephine that was shown in paris. In this portrait, she looks very elegant, very languorous,. kind of reclining on this velvet sofa. It's a very flattering, very attractive portrait. She is the first woman, napoleon sighs, to ever give me confidence. He writes to her several times a day. Josephine tolerates napoleon at best. She dislikes his fondness for sitting on her lap, curling up like an infant for her.
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