Finding Napoleon: Propaganda from a Plague

Napoleon Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa, by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1803, Musée du Louvre, photo by Margaret Rodenberg

Here we are in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, and too many of our leaders twist suffering and science into propaganda. Look back 220 years. You’ll find the same thing. For example, this painting of “Napoleon Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa,” by Antoine-Jean Gros (1771 – 1835), makes propaganda from a plague. In …

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