portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard" c; l* E/ k7 s" K) X2 O2 C
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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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# G$ f* Y# G  v5 U  a5 D) \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.
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[ 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8 y% Z" G/ `4 W/ T
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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:! ~% M2 c/ ?0 q/ J- N3 C8 R# R4 q
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* h$ P) v8 E- K- u/ lu are right , his food was poisoned by the british