portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard; C5 ]  u# [3 N2 v
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, V8 y  \! }) qThis 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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, P" s+ G: P  M2 t5 G# U0 _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.8 h, }5 [: l' ~: g

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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
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Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

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2 }7 ^) \" U) |u are right , his food was poisoned by the british