portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard7 Q; m5 f5 G5 D9 W; K5 t
Jacques-Louis David
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9 z4 j! }7 Q1 qThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.; w5 R2 N4 ^6 }/ ]! U
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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.4 H. L% l& `9 l
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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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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:% `; I  @& x* `4 K
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含; f9 t& z0 ^  D4 r% P5 w3 x
有'呸傷'
' ?: c4 c$ Z, l! d即係拿破倫ng係病死

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8 L( U+ @1 \/ n1 I/ Vu are right , his food was poisoned by the british