portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard  A; P  P. V$ P  H* `# |+ W' b+ }
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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.  m+ K: r* Z- r) k# X/ a+ O3 p
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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.# K; ~# p7 d; N9 X0 B

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4 R$ e- f! Z) I6 O[ 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. i1 B$ M" w  n5 i' J
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
' e+ e! g& Z' C2 m/ A& y 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含# k/ P0 Z, O7 Z, H/ Q  O0 ]
有'呸傷'' k7 c8 x3 j, n+ R  a* X3 k
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british