The Arch Duchess Maria Louisa Going to Take Her Nap

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The Archduchess Marie Louise lies in a canopied bed with Napoleon, and says, "My dear Nap: your bed accommodations are very indifferent! Too short by a yard! I wonder how Josephino put up with such things even as long as she did!!!" Napoleon responds, "Indeed Maria I do not well understand you? The Empress Josephino who knew things better than I hope you do, never grumbled - Le Diable! I see I never will be able to get what I want after all!!!" The couple had married in March 1810.

The Arch Duchess Maria Louisa Going to Take Her Nap, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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