portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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; ]! F! r1 \. Q. BThis 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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5 m+ i1 c3 Z& k- p: hLike 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.6 ^7 R6 \1 T" {" v/ S
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" b) I# T- Y1 w7 R9 E[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

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我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
  z; q$ }  o: g' g* d; @4 N 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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% Y+ I( ?4 @- l% yu are right , his food was poisoned by the british