What was Napolean groping for inside his coat in that famous portait?

If I told you I would be in violation of Yahoo! TOS.

Email me and I’ll send you a photo of what was in his hand. (wink)

Napoleon wasn't a bug on hygiene. He used a quart per day of France's best perfume to hide the fact.

He liked body odor on others so much that he would have a runner tell Josephine when he was returning to Paris, and that she should not take a bath for at least two weeks before he got home. He was forever reaching inside his shirt to scratch.

Heartburn

A piece of french chocolate

he had a goldfish in a little baggie he won at the carnival, he didnt want the fish to catch cold.

He had a lame hand and so in all his photo's, that is how he hid it. It's that way in almost all of them. I heard that he had a bad case of syphillis too..yikes.

His wallet, because the painter was known as a thief.

His nunchucks! What do ya think! Gosh!

He suffered from psoriasis and was hiding his hand.

Just the way he posed.