portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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, a8 t2 E" H2 u% \5 B) CThis 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.$ `' [0 f  Q9 N, Z. g& W+ M

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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
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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:
' r4 I* Z- j2 D# _ 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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, ]" j" }8 q7 h( S3 A% s8 ^2 ~u are right , his food was poisoned by the british