portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard+ O. I9 |  a: }- i8 g! Q9 A, U$ r. p
Jacques-Louis David
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8 E+ P! q2 M) h  Q& 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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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.) C2 k, Z2 r# C. y0 s
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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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即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
, j+ m3 d# D3 b' t 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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6 k1 k- n& J* H5 P7 d" o, [u are right , his food was poisoned by the british