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 36
rgyman must often have beensadly convenient. Ehsabeth was strongly encouraged by Doyen to find consolation, asa child of thirteen naturally might, in applying herself assiduously to herfavourite occupation. She became still more engrossed in the study ofwhat she called Nature, by which she implied… … HER FELI.OW-STUDENT 5 Fortunately, she had a friend, only a year older than herself, RosalieBocquet by name, who shared her talent and her tastes. By the time Elisa-beth was fourteen, the two girls went very often together to the Louvreto study under the historical painter, Gabriel Briard, who gave…
