portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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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./ c# R1 W% O( ~' Q8 E
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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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9 b4 `. Z6 m9 I2 a$ G3 q[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

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Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:' ?4 R- R% K- Y( t0 P
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
  q2 j& @7 F! f' r6 B, p有'呸傷'
- s6 w* N9 N) i1 V即係拿破倫ng係病死

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( n* T! l2 p8 |: n+ _u are right , his food was poisoned by the british