portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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% i4 O# y2 _3 g" ^; R* 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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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.7 A, G+ u6 o. [/ r/ y% ^8 ]
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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# N8 x5 x2 a" Z0 O: E) k% A
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
8 @& G8 d5 M% h* z& ~7 J, L 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含( q2 A, q0 M* B; m+ s. @
有'呸傷'
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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british