portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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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.; f4 M: N- x4 G9 c6 o; ?, c0 B
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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.6 B1 ]! A" Q0 ~4 K
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5 H* ]9 ^" S" G5 N[ 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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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:% R$ `7 J, p6 @6 k
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含$ f9 c7 S3 w8 _6 Y* s
有'呸傷'  J" A( x  r$ H' c. B& U# E# e3 a* ^, K
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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6 D  p- R; ~, \u are right , his food was poisoned by the british