portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard/ m! Y, d, T: x, M* ?, |  k. ~
Jacques-Louis David
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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 1801.8 M; d7 u4 i$ |" j  K
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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.
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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% L$ ]. N: S3 T! T
有'呸傷'
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
# V+ d4 [/ P# G! J' o 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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' Q" X# X, b) g" j: ~% Y即係拿破倫ng係病死

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( G8 {8 k+ H5 }u are right , his food was poisoned by the british