portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard0 ]! Q, e  N+ ^8 ]  {0 L: V0 \' {
Jacques-Louis David
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9 G  ~: T( z* D' j( h0 {) ]This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.1 I  Y3 f2 L. s6 t, h2 ~/ c+ S0 W+ l

- Z7 U* ^$ l; H  mLike 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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5 b: \8 F+ B4 P/ B; q[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

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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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
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有'呸傷'9 V; F. `' ^3 K/ V! ?- q; v1 J9 V& t* ^
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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# t4 r- S; y: j# I3 ?* mu are right , his food was poisoned by the british