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.
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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./ a5 _' b: J: W& H, a4 P  Q

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[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:, U  D" ^1 Q# u
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含0 r, a9 [) ^$ x6 M5 n/ d) F- S
有'呸傷'% z+ I; @# w8 Q) \3 f7 T. X6 c
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british