portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard# b: ^. {2 V! S9 _7 g8 Q; F
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3 [, b/ G) u! \  \$ g+ ?This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.7 {$ R) V: V& t# k+ E- ?

3 A8 m5 |! q7 h) m4 h1 U/ x( f2 hLike 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.$ M( p9 v+ Y! k- {/ v

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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
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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:
6 b4 u$ N; L9 Q' d2 J 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含9 f9 z, q- b& P: R1 `; f
有'呸傷'
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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british