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., R7 n& }! w. j7 t
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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.
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3 z7 E- V1 V: t[ 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5 `/ y& R9 t2 ?) N
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:4 C4 N4 k. V! ?/ M& I
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含. ?& w; }4 _2 K+ m7 L. M
有'呸傷'
: n2 \3 z9 G2 `) M- u) A- P即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british