Editing Napoleon (section)

==Appearance and image==
{{Further|Cultural depictions of Napoleon|Uniforms of Napoleon}}
[[File:Napoleon in 1806.PNG|thumb|upright|Napoleon is often represented in his green colonel uniform of the [[Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale|Chasseur à Cheval of the Imperial Guard]], the regiment that often served as his personal escort, with a large [[bicorne]] and a [[hand-in-waistcoat]] gesture.]]In his youth, Bonaparte was consistently described as small and thin. Johann Ludwig Wurstemberger, who accompanied him in 1797 and 1798, notes "Bonaparte was rather slight and emaciated-looking; his face, too, was very thin, with a dark complexion... his black, unpowdered hair hung down evenly over both shoulders", but that, despite his slight and unkempt appearance, "his looks and expression were earnest and powerful."{{sfnp|Kircheisen|1932|p=129}}

English painter [[Joseph Farington]], who met him in 1802, said Bonaparte's eyes were "lighter, and more of a grey, than I should have expected from his complexion", "his person is below middle size", and "his general aspect was milder than I had before thought it."<ref>The Fortnightly, Volume 114. Chapman and Hall, 1923. p. 836.</ref> In his later years Napoleon gained weight and had a sallow complexion. Novelist Paul de Kock, who saw him in 1811, called Napoleon "yellow, obese, and bloated".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Seward |first=Desmond |author-link=Desmond Seward |url=https://archive.org/details/napoleonsfamily0000sewa/page/124 |title=Napoleon's family |date=1986 |publisher=[[Weidenfeld and Nicolson]] |isbn=978-0-297-78809-6 |page=124}}</ref> He is often portrayed wearing a large [[bicorne]] hat—sideways—with a [[hand-in-waistcoat]] gesture—a reference to the painting produced in 1812 by [[Jacques-Louis David]].{{sfnp|Bordes|2007|p=118}}

During the Napoleonic Wars, the British press depicted Napoleon as a dangerous [[tyrant]], poised to invade. A nursery rhyme warned children that he ate naughty people; the "[[bogeyman]]".{{sfnp|Roberts|2004|p=93}} He was mocked as a short-tempered small man and was nicknamed "Little Boney in a strong fit".<ref name="nationalpostBoney2">{{cite news |date=28 April 2016 |title=Greatest cartooning coup of all time: The Brit who convinced everyone Napoleon was short |newspaper=[[National Post]] |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/greatest-cartooning-coup-of-all-time-the-brit-who-convinced-everyone-napoleon-was-short |access-date=30 September 2017 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603212831/https://nationalpost.com/news/world/greatest-cartooning-coup-of-all-time-the-brit-who-convinced-everyone-napoleon-was-short |url-status=live}}</ref> In fact, at about 170&nbsp;cm (5&nbsp;ft 7 in), he was of average height.<ref>{{cite web |title=La taille de Napoléon |url=https://www.napoleon.org/histoire-des-2-empires/articles/la-taille-de-napoleon/ |access-date=15 July 2023 |website=napoleon.org |language=fr-FR |archive-date=4 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604091554/https://www.napoleon.org/histoire-des-2-empires/articles/la-taille-de-napoleon/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Was Napoleon Short? |first=Alicja |last=Zelazko |url=https://www.britannica.com/story/was-napoleon-short |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |date=30 November 2023 |archive-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901070919/https://www.britannica.com/story/was-napoleon-short |url-status=live}}</ref>