portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard, j* c4 o/ P$ j
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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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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.* Y1 ?+ r- Q: l% A8 c( x+ T
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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6 i0 _9 L8 T/ p( [" [. k# R% S
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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:
' z: R$ y2 P1 F2 Q6 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