portrait of Napoleon

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& E$ A; H+ t& u. [* @This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.4 F, {. K& C$ P3 p& h4 X5 J

7 _" k3 z% V6 ]) v. ELike most of David's portraits of Napoleon, this was a propaganda piece. Napoleon actually crossed the Alps on a mule because mules have better balance and traction, are lower to the ground, and do better in cold weather.' _. p+ O- g: ~% I  W  C1 M% d" [$ l1 }0 u
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月月鳥

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Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
. S3 o+ O! `  l  I# H- e' H 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
, j% j* z7 S" Y有'呸傷'4 p& }. R& p* C
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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" z; b, v$ g6 s2 I. h. E1 Cu are right , his food was poisoned by the british