portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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( q8 E! X' g7 C& s( Z8 G5 s" HThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.0 v7 c4 Z' c& {2 }
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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.* [# R( q& b  p
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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:+ l7 {3 j; n, L% b& B
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
0 z( z- V; |# |' h& c3 |有'呸傷'
) j- C* ^3 x+ e6 F% ~7 c. C即係拿破倫ng係病死

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( k0 h$ `6 r7 |! {1 B+ f0 du are right , his food was poisoned by the british