Comments on: Napoleon’s own rowing boat http://intheboatshed.net/2008/04/25/napoleons-own-rowing-boat/ A weblog about great boats, boatbuilding and restoration. And sheds, of course! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:59:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Gavin Atkin http://intheboatshed.net/2008/04/25/napoleons-own-rowing-boat/#comment-11711 Gavin Atkin Thu, 01 May 2008 06:34:09 +0000 http://intheboatshed.net/?p=2571#comment-11711 Quite right Wilhelmus! I was just repeating what the Paris museum authorities had said - but of course I know it's really Antwerp for the English, as I've lived in both Brussels and The Hague. Old Antwerp is a most interesting and pleasant place - I remember eating and drinking in a riverside cafe that had been built in the 12th century. But I'm curious. Was the level of support for Napoleon in Antwerp really as strong as the artist who created the painting seems to suggest? It's an interesting question because the old city is obviously culturally different to France and French-speaking Belgium today, and I'd guess that it was different also in that era. Gavin Quite right Wilhelmus! I was just repeating what the Paris museum authorities had said - but of course I know it’s really Antwerp for the English, as I’ve lived in both Brussels and The Hague. Old Antwerp is a most interesting and pleasant place - I remember eating and drinking in a riverside cafe that had been built in the 12th century.

But I’m curious. Was the level of support for Napoleon in Antwerp really as strong as the artist who created the painting seems to suggest? It’s an interesting question because the old city is obviously culturally different to France and French-speaking Belgium today, and I’d guess that it was different also in that era.

Gavin

]]> By: Wilhelmus http://intheboatshed.net/2008/04/25/napoleons-own-rowing-boat/#comment-11698 Wilhelmus Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:44:12 +0000 http://intheboatshed.net/?p=2571#comment-11698 Port of Anvers?... You mean Antwerp? It's alright to use an english name voor a non-french or non-frenchspeaking city in an english text. ;-) (although the french in 1810 begged to differ) Port of Anvers?… You mean Antwerp? It’s alright to use an english name voor a non-french or non-frenchspeaking city in an english text. ;-) (although the french in 1810 begged to differ)

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