portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[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 1801.3 h2 y9 c9 J3 N
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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.
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[ 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:
. _8 e6 `9 X) k4 v 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含. ]* e6 T' o* q9 \4 q: u
有'呸傷'8 n% I* e* Z- ^
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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: M+ \+ h" }6 t% L* q! Cu are right , his food was poisoned by the british