Vigée-Lebrun, 1755-1842 : her life, works, and friendships : with a catalogue raisonné of the artist's pictures (1915)
Helm, W. H. (William Henry), 1860-1936, Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842 · Boston : Small, Maynard · leaf 218
ustifiable anxiety for the Royal Family and for polite society ingeneral made Madame Lebrun so ill that when, at midnight, the time fordeparture came, she was scarcely in a state to go. However, disguised as apoor workwoman, with a thick veil over her eyes, she reached the diligence,and her… … FLIGHT FROM PARIS 93 she mentions last—walked at the side of the vehicle until the horsesbroke into a trot at the barriere du Trone. It is probable that shewould not have got out of Paris without some dreadful alarms in theSaint Antoine quarter but for the fact that nearly all the inhabitantshad…
