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THE PLAGUE AT JAFFA.
M. GROS.
This picture, which established the reputation of its
author, was exhibited in the Saloon, at the Louvre, in
the year 13, (1806) and afterwards purchased by govern-
ment, who caused it to be wrought in tapestry.
Buonaparte is easily distinguished ; his expression is
that of calmness and beneficence ; his attitude is simple
and dignified, and the whole figure bears the most de-
cided character. The better to represent the danger of
Buonaparte, upon this occasion, the artist has placed
behind him two officers; one of them holds an handker-
chief to his mouth, and the other, enveloped in his cloak,
withdraws from the infectious scene. Between the ge-
neral and the diseased person whom he touches, and
who regards him with emotion, is the principal physician
to the army, M. Desgenettes, no less celebrated for his
ability than his courage. The sentiment, operating on
his mind, is ably pourtrayed; he is apprehensive lest
Buonaparte should fall a prey to the afflicting malady,
which he encounters with too much confidence. On his
knees, and before this figure, a soldier, of the 18th bri-
gade, discovers the same fear ; he forgets his own suffer-
ings in contemplating the peril to which his general is
exposed, whom he seems anxious should retire. The
figure of an infected person, whose wounds are dressed
by two Turkish physicians, unites very happily with this
group, as does that of an old soldier, leaning upon his
M. GROS.
This picture, which established the reputation of its
author, was exhibited in the Saloon, at the Louvre, in
the year 13, (1806) and afterwards purchased by govern-
ment, who caused it to be wrought in tapestry.
Buonaparte is easily distinguished ; his expression is
that of calmness and beneficence ; his attitude is simple
and dignified, and the whole figure bears the most de-
cided character. The better to represent the danger of
Buonaparte, upon this occasion, the artist has placed
behind him two officers; one of them holds an handker-
chief to his mouth, and the other, enveloped in his cloak,
withdraws from the infectious scene. Between the ge-
neral and the diseased person whom he touches, and
who regards him with emotion, is the principal physician
to the army, M. Desgenettes, no less celebrated for his
ability than his courage. The sentiment, operating on
his mind, is ably pourtrayed; he is apprehensive lest
Buonaparte should fall a prey to the afflicting malady,
which he encounters with too much confidence. On his
knees, and before this figure, a soldier, of the 18th bri-
gade, discovers the same fear ; he forgets his own suffer-
ings in contemplating the peril to which his general is
exposed, whom he seems anxious should retire. The
figure of an infected person, whose wounds are dressed
by two Turkish physicians, unites very happily with this
group, as does that of an old soldier, leaning upon his