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 1801.5 S0 d5 V* z, a6 Q& ]: N3 m
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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.. O: z7 w. v  H7 E3 l9 K# b
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5 V5 E7 P; C: H7 |2 i+ {! L[ 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2 A. Q7 G* j" E$ O% U: l& Q
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
+ E  x/ B+ w( M! X' r3 P8 f 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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& {$ B& _3 _) A: n, q* g) @1 F/ |u are right , his food was poisoned by the british