portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard3 G. d! `1 ^  O* h9 B+ ?
Jacques-Louis David
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, ]; Y2 X# T  C% {1 g+ YThis 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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Like 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.4 I6 _5 u$ @9 L+ j4 G

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月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
( [1 J: W4 C% ^; H* n* R6 G7 u2 W: ` 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

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8 J1 Z7 f8 {$ k' p  h5 a  Y0 C" su are right , his food was poisoned by the british