portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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8 n6 y( B7 N# G3 W7 U0 IThis 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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* M: W/ h# F6 sLike 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.
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) h* J, Q0 P- T9 q[ 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
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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:6 J, J+ g- N, F$ |. b4 M: F. ~5 [
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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* c0 W% _/ s0 W* ?/ e  W+ A即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british