About this gesture, we said a little nonsense, in particular that it thus relieved his imperial can, because he suffered from gastric troubles or a stomach ulcer. Which is not wrong.
But, in reality, in life, he did not spend his time like that. He adopted this position when he posed in front of the painters, to have “class”!
It was a question of good manners: it was inappropriate to let your hands hang down, along your body or to stick them in the pockets of your pants, like a beggar. “Raise the right arm on the chest or stomach, with the…
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