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 358
i66 VIGEE-LEBRUN habit in these years of middle age (she was just fifty), though it is trueshe was not long content to live quietly at home. My taste for travellingwas not yet satisfied : I had not yet seen Switzerland, and I was burningwith the desire to contemplate that grand and beautiful… … CHAPTER XXV VISIT TO SWITZERLAND, 1808 A tour in Switzerland—Rousseaus Island—Madame Lebruns trouble with foreign names—Descriptions of Swiss scenery— A thousand piquant anecdotes, and none recalled—Climbing the Wunschenstein—A dog which wept at the sunrise—A visit to Coppet—Madamede Stael at…
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