portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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, J) V& C$ I; c& O! c& f& FThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.( Q2 |4 p  y1 a" ^8 o% _

5 P5 K; j* p( @! sLike 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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月月鳥

我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含% n2 J, T6 Y- ?' u1 ?; R3 O
有'呸傷'$ i* f& c# a, K0 j( p6 _
即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:% }6 h: z. q, c% W  P/ j4 Z
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含9 l0 l- E. G* s. |
有'呸傷'
# z6 M0 q0 U' I8 _' h即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british