portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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7 C* D! S& r4 S0 e" Q; F9 RThis 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.+ r- Z2 b. y( A, G
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月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:, K! B. j" N) ]8 a
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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9 A/ H  E+ q+ x; |& u即係拿破倫ng係病死

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& g2 x1 D8 V; ~! ]/ k- N9 Gu are right , his food was poisoned by the british