portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.
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' W& O9 R+ _( L3 F[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

月月鳥

我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含3 Z. W. E# k; _' Q% R
有'呸傷'9 A6 Q! e. x+ f
即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:8 I$ q1 `2 ~: p9 m$ j  e, N
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含; A! D! J' ]( _
有'呸傷'* n- J! m/ R' u) f1 \' \3 i5 a
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british