portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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0 P2 a% c; e/ s1 N0 a4 D# H; s) @. W2 `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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/ }( y! F% T& j$ x4 wLike 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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月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:9 X( B" u2 f9 `6 Q
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
( A; i/ F9 h. }6 D2 q有'呸傷'
8 n4 S4 t! W, y$ U' m0 M即係拿破倫ng係病死

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) L; g' t2 I0 D  M9 Au are right , his food was poisoned by the british