One is the pampered wife of a financially-drained country's unpopular head of state... and the other is Marie Antoinette, or so the joke goes. But, according to right-wing bloggers, the notional similarities between First Lady Michelle Obama and the hated Queen of France did not go far enough. So to stress the point, one website has grafted Mrs Obama's face on to the famous 1775 portrait by Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty. A few tweaks have been made, including exposing one of the President's wife's famously toned arms and having her pointing to a location on the globe rather than just resting her hand on top.
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Face and arms of First Lady grafted onto 1775 portrait of French Queen
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Marie Antoinette viewed as profligate during financial hardship in 1780s
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Mrs Obama's trips to Hawaii and Spain criticised for being taxpayer-funded
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But critics claim comparison racist suggestion that she is 'uppity Negro'
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