# Poll - What emotion do you see on this face? (detail from famous painting)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** arts-crafts\
**Created:** [September 7, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-emotion-do-you-see-on-this-face-detail-from-famous-painting/989748 "2023-09-07T20:19:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-emotion-do-you-see-on-this-face-detail-from-famous-painting/989748/43 "2023-09-08T00:06:19Z")

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I linked it in this thread:

> [@What happens if Trump is indicted in Georgia? (Indicted on August 14, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928/1344):
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> So, a Georgia version of The Cossacks are Writing a Letter to the Sultan?

(As an aside, there were a fair number of people of Ukrainian descent in the little town I grew up in, on the Prairies. My overall impression was that they were good folk, give you the shirt off their backs, fun to be with; but don’t ever, ever, get in a fight with them. This painting fit that impression.)

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