portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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7 e! x4 ?( g# r( R* J, }This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.6 |* |0 t# L  i0 w

6 a: J" H. e$ Z9 }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.$ o( _0 M, K# `7 a& r( Z
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月月鳥

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

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
* `$ {; {, t. c3 s: q5 O 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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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british