portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
  W- |# t, C. X! o$ O- sJacques-Louis David
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5 i- B: o$ k4 FThis 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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[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:- @6 C6 i: i0 A* o7 N4 P
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含. F0 [; }+ j6 A1 h) A4 @2 J
有'呸傷'* G( v8 l, C) ^% e* v' p
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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( G8 h) w& m3 k  tu are right , his food was poisoned by the british