portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard1 e9 P; ?- ^; J; s! n3 k
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. B/ k( f3 d& {* @. x, pThis 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.$ [1 ^& e* F1 W: _- f5 G$ W
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Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:7 I* X9 o, r: B
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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5 T' w) _. H! @即係拿破倫ng係病死

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% Y2 [( u3 Q: y0 bu are right , his food was poisoned by the british