portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard  S% d) o2 S/ |: U& p$ W1 h
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6 w9 T$ M3 n8 K6 n% AThis 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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* g4 N, m' q. Z8 N# ]# s" }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." ?+ J2 q7 u+ q

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Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:3 B3 J" z$ m' {8 @. u
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

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; ^: ~+ l* u2 D+ s2 ^u are right , his food was poisoned by the british