portrait of Napoleon

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( I8 Z# B; O( A7 nThis 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.
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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:; b: ^! M% b: c2 v- ?2 j( B
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含( p9 Y' \  V! D3 b. X; S% w
有'呸傷'2 H7 v1 M0 u: {: J" i
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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" X* L6 Y! t; _/ Fu are right , his food was poisoned by the british