portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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. O$ v1 z# X$ j2 t$ LThis 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.
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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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Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
$ }) b. B' O' T5 L7 n9 G# l' Y% g 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british