portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard, d0 U" p4 K! {/ ?( `# l+ O
Jacques-Louis David
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0 c# k0 B9 q  @6 w" E2 aThis 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.7 W" a( S. _* }8 w/ S" U& ~
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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:
* `4 W% I3 D' ]; k4 B# x$ X7 @6 X# k; ^ 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含/ k' x/ p5 [  d
有'呸傷'7 R. n6 {6 O9 U& c
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british