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 252
however, the harassed artist did get some lodgings whereworms gnawed not the beams, and horses champed not in their stalls,and where there were no absolutely intolerable noises of any kind to makeher nights hideous. There having set up her easel, she speedily found herselfin the full tide of… … A WONDERFUL SINGER iii a very pretty child of sixteen, Miss Pitt, a daughter of Lord Camelford,whom she represents as Hebe, sitting in a cloud, and holding a drinking-cup to an eagle. The eagle which sat for this picture, and whichbelonged to Cardinal de Bernis, gave the artist a great fright.…
