portrait of Napoleon

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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 1801.6 s; T6 G6 i: d! U1 V5 {+ r* J

- ?6 R/ D; G- A3 t* ?* g" `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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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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即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
# l; V# x# u* ?  T2 ~* l 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

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6 K6 O' `5 r  t! _7 Ku are right , his food was poisoned by the british