portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard4 @, _, O1 I7 ]2 C/ g
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! j& J8 T5 N0 j& v, b$ YThis 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.6 M! k$ g. ~) A: P3 m/ M
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[ 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 ?9 U+ {% w; I( E) S
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
+ K/ l) Y% t7 A3 V5 M, ~ 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british