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 76
ngland or the Regency in France would, until chaos hadestablished its power at Versailles, have been sent to their country housesvery speedily. Outwardly, therefore, there was little, so far as morals werein question, to offend the most honest prude. Nothing in this respect hadchanged much since… … ETIQUETTE AT VERSAILLES 27 or the greatest habitude, to discover the smallest connection between thesexes here. No familiarity, but under the veil of friendship, is permitted,and loves dictionary is as much prohibited as at first sight one shouldthink his ritual was. The writer of this letter at…
