David’s famous insult of Napoleon, who’s about to fall off his horse. Too bad modern viewers don’t get the implication, but hardly anyone nowadays recognizes a “bad seat” when they see it. Napoleon had a special carriage to ride in because he was too bad a rider to do anything on horseback that actually required skill.
David’s famous insult of Napoleon, who’s about to fall off his horse. Too bad modern viewers don’t get the implication, but hardly anyone nowadays recognizes a “bad seat” when they see it. Napoleon had a special carriage to ride in because he was too bad a rider to do anything on horseback that actually required skill.