What "Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa" Teaches About Our Own Plague-Stricken Time

Citation:

Kramer, Martin. “What "Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa" Teaches About Our Own Plague-Stricken Time.” Mosaic Magazine, 2020, April 21.

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Abstract:

A famous and sorely misunderstood painting of Napoleon touching plague victims in Palestine illuminates the current moment.

See also: Covid-19, Napoleon, Ottoman empire

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