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 64
for her portraits. As she was not at that time a very good business-woman,this might have been a satisfactory arrangement, had he regarded herinterests asmuch as his own. In order to exploit his wifes powers as fully as possible, Lebrunsuggested that she should take pupils, like some other… … A SCHOOL THAT FAILED 19 with her usual work, but bored her terribly. Most of these pupils wereolder than their teacher, and she found it very hard to maintain discipline. I had set up this school in an old loft, across the ceiling of which therewere some very thick beams. One morning I went up and…
