BONAPARTES AND BOURBONS
BACK IN PARIS -- THE DEVOTION OF MME. GRASSINI -- CAPRICIOUS,
EXACTING MME. MURAT -- ASPECTS OF CHRISTIAN WARFARE -- "KILL ALL
THOSE PEOPLE!" LOUIS XVIII. ENTERS THE CAPITAL -- THE BARRENNESS
OF NAPOLEON'S VICTORIES -- HIS SUCCESSOR'S ATTAINMENTS -- BOURBON
CHARACTERISTICS -- THE AUTHORESS LOSES HER HUSBAND, DAUGHTER AND
BROTHER -- CONCLUSION.
Although I had come to England with the intention of remaining but
five or six months, I had now stayed nearly three years, held, not
solely by my interests as a painter, but also by the kind treatment
bestowed upon me. I have often heard it said that the English are
lacking in hospitality, but I am far from sharing that opinion, and
harbour grateful memories of the cordiality I met with in London.
Though receiving more social invitations than I could possibly accept,
I nevertheless succeeded--and this was said to be very difficult--in
forming an intimate circle to my taste. I achieved it through allying
myself with Lady Bentinck and her sister, the Villiers young ladies,
Mme. Anderson, and Lord Trimlestown, who, an accomplished amateur in
the arts, cultivates painting and literature with taste and talent,
and who, now in Paris, keeps his friendship for me. I should,
therefore, not have decided to return to France so soon had I not
learned that my daughter had arrived at Paris. I keenly longed to see
her again, the more as I was secretly informed that her father
allowed her to form connections that to me seemed improper for a young
woman, and hence I hastened my departure. It surely needed a deep
motive to resist the appeals which friends and even acquaintances were
kind enough to make. As at this period Bonaparte, who had proclaimed
himself Emperor, prohibited all English people in France, after the
rupture of the Peace of Amiens, from leaving, Lady Herne, well known
for her artistic proclivities, said that I ought to be kept back as a
hostage.
At the moment I was to get into the post-chaise that was to convey me
to the inn near my place of embarkation, the charming Mme. Grassini
appeared on the scene. I thought she had simply come to bid me
farewell, but she declared she wished to take me to the inn, and made
me get into her carriage, which I found full of pillows and packages.
"What is all this for?" I inquired. "You are not aware, then," she
replied, "that you are going to the worst inn of the world? You may
have to wait there a week or more if the wind is not favourable, and I
have made up my mind to stay with you." I can hardly say how moved I
was at this token of affection. The beautiful woman was leaving the
pleasures of London and her friends, to say nothing of the host of
admirers always in her train, merely to keep me company. To me this
seemed lovable, and I have never forgotten it.
It was a great joy to me to see my friends once more, and especially
my daughter. Her husband, whom she had accompanied to France, was
charged by Prince Narischkin with the mission of engaging musical
artists for St. Petersburg. He left a few months later, but alone--for
love, alas! had long since vanished--and my daughter remained, to my
great satisfaction. To her misfortune and mine, my child had a very
quick temper; besides, I had not been able to instil into her
completely my own distaste for bad company. Add to this that--whether
through my own fault or not--her power over my mind was great, and I
had none over hers, and it will be understood how she sometimes made
me shed bitter tears. Still, she was my daughter. Her beauty, her
gifts, her cleverness rendered her as fascinating as possible, and,
though I mourned because I could not persuade her to come to live with
me, since she persisted in seeing certain people I would not receive,
I at any rate saw her every day, and that in itself was a great
blessing.
One evening I arranged some living pictures of a kind which had won
warm approval in St. Petersburg, and, being careful to place behind
the gauze none but handsome men and pretty women, the result was
charming. Another day I painted on a screen several head-dresses of
historic characters, making holes under them for the insertion of a
face. The conversation passing with those who put in their heads
amused us vastly. Robert, who took part in all our gaieties like a
schoolboy, put his face under Ninon's head-dress, which made us laugh
like mad. All these particulars may seem childish to-day, when evening
parties are taken up with talking politics or playing cards, but some
of us had not yet lost the habit of enjoying ourselves, and the fact
is, we enjoyed ourselves very much. After all, these pleasures were
well worth the cards of Parisian and the stifling routs of London
drawing-rooms.
One of the first people I met, upon my return from London, was Mme. de
Segur, and I frequently went to see her. One day her husband told me
that my journey to England had displeased the Emperor, who had curtly
remarked, "Mme. Lebrun went to see her friends." But Bonaparte's
resentment against me could not have been violent, since, a few days
after speaking thus, he sent M. Denon to me with an order to paint his
sister, Mme. Murat. I thought I could not refuse, although I was
only to be paid 1,800 francs--that is to say, less than half of
what I usually asked for portraits of the same size. This sum was the
more moderate, too, because, for the sake of satisfying myself as to
the composition of the picture, I painted Mme. Murat's pretty little
girl beside her, and that without raising the price.
[Illustration: GENEVIEVE ADELAIDE HELVETIUS, COUNTESS D'ANDLAU.]
I could not conceivably describe all the annoyances, all the torments
I underwent in painting this picture. To begin with, at the first
sitting, Mme. Murat brought two lady's maids, who were to do her hair
while I was painting her. However, upon my remark that I could not
under such circumstances do justice to her features, she vouchsafed to
send her servants away. Then she perpetually failed to keep the
appointments she made with me, so that, in my desire to finish, I was
kept in Paris nearly the whole summer, as a rule waiting for her in
vain, which angered me unspeakably. Moreover, the intervals between
the sittings were so long that she sometimes changed her mode of doing
her hair. In the beginning, for instance, she wore curls hanging over
her cheeks, and I painted them accordingly; but some time after, this
having gone out of fashion, she came back with her hair dressed in a
totally different manner, so that I was forced to scrape off the hair
I had painted on the face, and was likewise compelled to blot out a
brow-band of pearls and put cameos in its place. The same thing
happened with her dress. One I had painted at first was cut rather
open, as dresses were then so worn, and furnished with wide
embroidering. The fashion having changed, I was obliged to close in
the dress and do the embroidering anew. All the annoyances that Mme.
Murat subjected me to at last put me so much out of temper that one
day, when she was in my studio, I said to M. Denon, loudly enough for
her to hear, "I have painted real princesses who never worried me, and
never made me wait." The fact is, Mme. Murat was unaware that
_punctuality is the politeness of kings_, as Louis XIV. so well said.
Delivered of the vexations arising from Mme. Murat's portrait, I
resumed the peaceful life I was accustomed to, but my desire for
travel was not yet stilled: I had never seen Switzerland. I therefore
resolved to leave Paris once more, and soon was making for the
mountains.
In the period succeeding my Swiss travels I at length acquired an
inclination for rest. This, together with a taste I had always had for
the country, prompted me to leave for Louveciennes before the breaking
of the first buds, and consequently I was established there by the
time the allies were making their second descent upon Paris. It is
well known that the villages fared much worse than the towns at the
hands of the foreign troops. I shall never forget the night of March
31, 1814.
Ignorant that danger was so near, I had not as yet considered flight.
It was eleven o'clock in the evening, and I had just gone to bed, when
Joseph, my Swiss man servant, who spoke German, entered my room, in
the belief that I should need protection. The village was being
invaded by the Prussians, who were sacking all the houses, and Joseph
was followed by three soldiers with villainous faces, who approached
my bed with brandished swords. Joseph tried to fool them by saying in
German that I was Swiss and an invalid. But paying no attention to
him, they began by taking my gold snuff-box, which was on my
night-stand. Then they felt under my quilt, to find out whether I had
any money concealed, one of them calmly slicing off a piece of the
quilt with his sword. Another, who seemed to be French, or at least
spoke our language perfectly, said, "Give her back the box"; but far
from acceding, his companions went to my desk and seized upon
everything it contained. Afterward, the soldiers pillaged my
cupboards. At last, after putting me through four hours of mortal
fright, these terrible people quit my house. Nor was this my only
experience of the kind. With the return of the foreigners in 1815,
some English came to Louveciennes. They robbed me of a number of
articles, among them a magnificent large lacquer box that I sorely
regretted losing, since it had been given me in St. Petersburg by my
old friend, Count Strogonoff.
After the nocturnal visit by the Prussians I wanted to go to Saint
Germain, but the road was not safe enough, so I took refuge with a
good person living at Marly, near Mme. Du Barry's pavilion. Other
women, frightened like myself, had already chosen this place. We all
dined together and slept six in a room--as far as sleep was possible.
The nights went by with continual alarms, and I felt the liveliest
anxiety for my poor servant, to whom I owed my life. The faithful
fellow had insisted on staying in my house to hold the soldiers in
check. I had the greatest fears on his account, as the village was
entirely given up to plunder. The peasants camped in the vineyards and
slept on straw in the open air, after being robbed of all their
possessions. Several of them sought us out, lamenting their
misfortunes, and these mournful tales were recited in Mme. Du Barry's
splendid garden, near the "Temple of Love," amid flowers and under the
brightest of skies! I was so appalled by their stories and by the
incessant cannonading and fusillading that one evening I attempted to
go down into a cellar and stay there. But I hurt my leg, and was
obliged to come up again.
The last affair happened at Roquencourt. There was also fighting near
Mme. Hocquart's house, very near the place where I was. We learned
that after the combat the Prussians had sacked from top to bottom the
house of a very Bonapartist lady, who during the fighting screamed
from her terrace to the French, "Kill all those people!" The victors,
having heard her, broke into the house, and smashed all the mirrors
and the furniture as well, while the lady, in her chemise and without
shoes, was fleeing to Versailles, where she found shelter.
Ultimately, Louis XVIII. entered Paris, ready to forgive and forget. I
went to see him pass on the Quai des Orfevres. He was in a carriage,
seated beside the Duchess d'Angouleme. The constitution he had
announced had been greeted with joyful acclamation; the delight of the
people was great and universal. Flags hung from all the windows on the
line of march. Cries of "Long live the King!" rose to the skies, and
were so loud and heartfelt that I was moved beyond anything I can say.
In the Duchess d'Angouleme's face was to be read in turn her pleasure
at such a welcome and the painful memories assailing her. Her smile
was sweet but sad--a most natural thing, because she was following the
road her mother had followed in going to execution, and she knew it.
However, the exultation evoked by the King's appearance and hers went
far to console that afflicted heart. The plaudits pursued them to the
Tuileries, where the crowds filling the gardens gave vent to the same
transports. They sang, they danced in front of the palace, and when
the King showed himself at the window of the large balcony and kissed
his hands over and over again to the people, their joy knew no bounds.
That evening there was a grand court reception at the Tuileries; an
immense number of women attended. The King spoke to them all most
graciously and to some of them even recalled various incidents
creditable to their families.
Possessed of an extreme desire to get a close view of Louis XVIII., I
mingled with the crowd that gathered on Sunday in the corridor to see
him go by on his way to mass. I was opposite the windows, with the
rest, so that the King could easily distinguish me. When he did, he
stepped over to me, gave me his hand in the most affable manner, and
said a thousand flattering things about the pleasure he felt in
meeting me once more. As he remained thus holding my hand for several
moments and addressing none of the other women, the onlookers must no
doubt have taken me for a very great lady, because, no sooner had the
King passed than a young officer, seeing that I was alone, offered me
his arm, and would not leave me until he had escorted me to my
carriage.
Most of the people who came back with our Princes were either friends
or acquaintances of mine. It was very sweet, after all those years of
exile, to meet again in the country of our birth. But, alas! This
happiness endured only a few months, for, while we were rejoicing at
our lot, Bonaparte was landing at Cannes. At midnight, on the 19th of
March, 1815, Louis XVIII. and the whole royal family left Paris.
Napoleon entered the next day, at eight of the evening, resuming
possession of the Tuileries, the troops filling the courtyards, giving
our Princes' palace the aspect of a castle taken by assault. Without
offense to the memory of a great captain and the brave generals and
soldiers who helped him to win such fine victories, one may well ask
what Bonaparte's victories have led to, and whether an inch of the
ground remains to us that cost us so much blood. What proves how tired
the people were of those eternal wars was their lack of enthusiasm
during the Hundred Days. The King returned to Paris on the 8th of
July, 1815, amid almost unanimous rejoicings, since, after all our
misfortunes, Louis XVIII. brought back peace.
Henceforth it was seen how this Prince combined wisdom and ability
with his more brilliant mental qualities. Times were critical, and
Louis XVIII. was assuredly the ruler to suit the period. With much
courage and coolness he united elevation of soul and great subtlety of
mind; all his ways were royal. He gave readily and liberally; he was
fond of patronising art and letters, which he himself cultivated; his
features were by no means devoid of beauty, and so noble was their
expression that, infirm though he was, the first sight of him called
forth involuntary respect. His favourite recreation was talking about
literature with clever people. In his youth he had written very pretty
verses, and his style was that of an accomplished man of letters.
Knowing Latin perfectly, he liked to converse in that language with
our most learned Latinists. His memory was prodigious; he could always
repeat the most striking passages of a book read rapidly, of a piece
seen once. Ducis, who before the Revolution had occupied a post in
Monsieur's household, came out from his retreat at Versailles to
present his homage to the King. Louis at once recognised him, welcomed
him warmly, and recited the best lines of his "Oedipus," scarcely
remembered by the aged author.
His Majesty was himself the author of several political writings and
an account of a "Journey to Coblentz." There are also attributed to
him the text of the opera "The Caravan" and "The Lutenist of Luebeck,"
a prose play in one act, given at the Theatre Francais. He had a
strong attachment for the Theatre Francais. He often went to that
playhouse, and especially admired the acting of Talma. Whenever that
great actor, happening to be on duty for the week, carried a torch
before the King to his box, Louis would regularly stop to talk with
him a long time. These conversations were in English, spoken by both
as well as their own language. It was reported to me that Talma had
said, "I prefer Louis XVIII.'s courtesy to Bonaparte's pension."
Courtesy, in fact, is the greatest charm of princes; it doubles the
value of the slightest favour. In this regard His Highness the Count
d'Artois was in no way behind his brother. By no means forgotten are
the innumerable apt sayings, bearing the corner-mark of kindness,
with which he won men's hearts. After his accession to the
throne--upon the death of Louis XVIII.--I chanced to be at the Louvre
the day he was giving medals to the painters and sculptors. Before
presenting them he said, in the most sympathetic manner, "They are not
encouragements, but rewards." All the artists were touched by the
delicate compliment implied in these words.
As for the Duke de Berri, if he had not quite the same courtesy as his
father, he was as clever, especially in that timely quickness of wit
so useful to princes. I select one example out of a thousand. The
first time he reviewed some troops he heard a few cries from the ranks
of "Long live the Emperor!" "Quite right, my friends," was his
immediate remark; "every one must live." Upon which the same soldiers
exclaimed, "Long live the Duke de Berri!"
His goodness of heart went so far that not only did he interest
himself in everything that concerned his friends, but behaved toward
the domestics of his household as the father of a family might have
done. He was worshipped by his servants, and employed his influence to
encourage them in good conduct and in making whatever savings they
could. One day, as he was about to enter his carriage, a little
kitchen scullion came running up to him with, "Your Highness, I have
saved fifteen francs this year!" "Well, my boy, that makes thirty,"
said the Duke, giving him the sum the boy had mentioned. The Duke de
Berri kept his revenues in good order; his heaviest expenses were
occasioned by his taste for the arts, a predilection shared by his
amiable wife. The Duchess de Berri was fond of encouraging young
artists; she would buy their pictures and often order more. Her
liberality in paying never made her forget the duty of politeness
incumbent upon rank. She showed model civility in all her dealings
with men of talent.
Of the Duchess d'Angouleme I would not venture to speak. What could I
say that would not fall short of the truth? The merits of this
Princess are known to the whole world, and I fear I should but weaken
the future verdict of history. It is equally well known that fate
united her with a Prince whose high soul worthily appreciated her.
Such was the family brought back to us by the Restoration. It is for
politicians to explain how so many virtues and excellencies were
insufficient to preserve the throne to them--my grateful heart cannot
but regret them.
Under Bonaparte, the large portrait I had made of the Queen and her
children had been relegated to a corner of the palace of Versailles. I
left Paris one morning to take a glance at it. Arrived at the royal
gate, a guard escorted me to the room which contained the picture, and
which was forbidden the public. The custodian who admitted us
recognised me from having seen me in Rome, and exclaimed, "Oh, how
glad I am to welcome Mme. Lebrun here!" He hastened to turn my picture
round, which was facing the wall, since Bonaparte, after learning that
many came to look at it, had ordered its removal. The order, as is
plain, was very badly obeyed, since the exhibition of the picture
continued, and this to such a degree that the custodian, when I wanted
to give him a trifle, persisted in declining it, saying that I had
earned him enough money. When the Restoration came, this picture was
reexhibited at the Salon. I was keeping for myself another picture
representing the Queen, done during the reign of Bonaparte. I had
painted Marie Antoinette ascending to heaven; to her left, on some
clouds, are Louis XVI. and two angels, symbolising the two children he
had lost.
[Illustration: LOUISE MARIE ADELAIDE DE BOURBON.]
As soon as the peace of my country seemed assured, I abandoned all
thoughts of leaving it again, and divided my time between Paris and
the country. My liking for my pretty house at Louveciennes was
undiminished. I spent eight months of the year there, and in those
surroundings my life flowed as smoothly as possible. I painted, I
busied myself about my garden, I took long, solitary walks, and on
Sundays I received my friends. So fond was I of Louveciennes that,
wishing to bequeath the place something to remember me by, I painted a
picture of Saint Genoveva for the church. Mme. de Genlis was good
enough to dedicate a poem to me in acknowledgment. If I gave away
pictures, some were given me, and that in the heartiest manner. I had
frequently expressed a desire that my friends should commemorate
themselves on the panels of my drawing-room at Louveciennes. One fine
summer's morning, at four o'clock, while I was asleep, the Prince de
Crespy, the Baron de Feisthamel, M. de Riviere, and my niece, Eugenia
Lebrun, set silently to work. By ten o'clock each frame was filled. My
surprise may be imagined when, upon coming down to breakfast, I
entered the room and found it adorned with these delightful paintings
as well as with garlands of flowers. It was my birthday. Tears came
into my eyes--the only thanks I was able to offer.
In 1819 His Highness the Duke de Berri signified his wish to buy my
"Sibyl," which he had seen in my studio at London, and although I
perhaps prized this most of all my works, I speedily complied with his
request. Some years later I painted Her Highness the Duchess de Berri,
who gave me sittings at the Tuileries with the politest punctuality,
and besides showed me a friendliness than which none could have been
greater. I shall never forget how, while I was painting her one day,
she said, "Wait a moment." Then, getting up, she went to her library
for a book containing an article in my praise, which she was obliging
enough to read aloud from beginning to end. During one of these
sittings the Duke de Bordeaux brought his mother a copybook in which
his master had written "Very good." The Duchess gave the boy two
louis. The little Prince, who might have been about six, began to jump
for joy, shouting, "This will do for my poor--and for my old woman
first of all!" When he was gone the Duchess told me that her son
referred to a poor soul he often met when he went out and of whom he
was particularly fond.
While the Duchess sat for me I would become irritated at the number of
people who came to make calls. She took note of this and was so
considerate as to say, "Why did you not ask me to pose at your house?"
Which she did for the two final sittings. I confess that I never could
think of such affecting warmth of heart without comparing the time I
devoted to this genial Princess with the melancholy hours Mme. Murat
had made me spend. I painted two portraits of the Duchess de Berri. In
the first she is wearing a red velvet dress, and in the other one of
blue velvet. I have no idea what has become of these pictures.
I must now speak of the sad years of my life during which, in a brief
space, I saw the beings dearest to me depart this world. First, I lost
M. Lebrun. True that for a long time I had entertained no relations
whatever with him, yet I was none the less mournfully affected by his
death. You cannot without regret be separated forever from one to whom
so close a tie as marriage has bound you. This blow, however, was far
less than the cruel grief I experienced at the death of my daughter. I
hastened to her as soon as I heard of her illness, but the disease
progressed rapidly, and I cannot tell what I felt when all hope of
saving her was gone. When, going to see her the last day, my eyes fell
upon that dreadfully sunken face, I fainted away. My old friend Mme.
de Noisville rescued me from that bed of sorrow; she supported me, for
my legs would not carry me, and took me home. The next day I was
childless! Mme. de Verdun came with the news, and vainly tried to
soften my despair. All the wrongdoing of the poor little one
vanished--I saw her again, I still see her, in the days of her
childhood. Alas! she was so young! Why did she not survive me?
It was in 1819 that I was bereft of my daughter, and in 1820 I lost my
brother. So many successive shocks plunged me into such deep dejection
that my friends, grieving for my state, urged me to try the
distraction of a journey. I therefore decided to visit Bordeaux. I did
not know that town, and hence the anticipation changed the current of
my thoughts. Nor was I disappointed. My health benefited by the
journey, and I returned to Paris less dark in spirit.
From that day to this I have travelled no more. After my return from
Bordeaux I resumed my daily habits and my work, which of all
distractions I have always found the best. Although having had the
misfortune to lose so many dear ones, I did not remain forsaken. I
have mentioned Mme. de Riviere, my niece, who, through her affection
and her ministrations, is the blessing of my life. I must also speak
of my other niece, Eugenia Lebrun, now Mme. Tripier Le Franc. Her
studies at first prevented me from seeing her as often as I should
have liked to, for since her earliest youth her disposition, her
mental qualities, and her great gift for painting had promised to be a
joy to me. I took pleasure in guiding her, in lavishing my counsels
upon her, and in watching her progress. I am well rewarded to-day,
when she has realised all my hopes by her lovely character and her
very remarkable talent for painting. She has followed the same course
as myself in the adoption of portrait painting, and is earning
success merited by fine colouring, by great sincerity, and,
particularly, by perfect resemblance. Still young, she can but add to
a reputation which in her diffidence and modesty she has scarcely
ventured to foresee. Mme. Tripier Le Franc and Mme. de Riviere have
become my daughters. They bring back all of a mother's feelings to me,
and their tender devotion spreads a beautiful charm over my existence.
It is among these two dear creatures and the friends who have been
spared me that I hope to end peacefully a wandering and even a
laborious but honest life.
THE END
APPENDIX
LIST OF MME. VIGEE LEBRUN'S PAINTINGS
[This list is as complete and accurate as the material available for
its compilation allowed. The authoress's own catalogue of her works,
which necessarily formed the principal source of information, is
itself conspicuous for errors and omissions. To rectify all of these
beyond doubt and make an absolutely perfect list would have been
impossible.]
FROM 1768 TO 1772
1 Mme. Lebrun's mother, large pastel.
1 The same, back view.
2 Mme. Lebrun's brother as a schoolboy.
1 M. Le Sevre.
3 M., Mme. and Mlle. Bandelaire.
1 M. Bandelaire, half-length pastel.
1 M. Vandergust.
1 Mlle. Pigale, milliner to the Queen.
1 Her clerk.
1 Mme. Lebrun's mother in white cloak.
1 Mme. Raffeneau.
1 Baroness d'Esthal.
2 Her two children.
1 Mme. d'Aguesseau with her dog.
1 Mme. Suzanne.
1 Countess de la Vieuville.
1 M. Mousat.
1 Mlle. Mousat.
1 Mlle. Lespare.
2 Mme. de Fossy and her son.
2 Viscount and Viscountess de la Blache.
1 Mlle. Dorion.
1 M. Tranchart.
1 Marquis de Choiseul.
1 Count de Zanicourt.
Studies of heads and copies from Raphael, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, etc.
1773
1 M. and Mme. de Roissy.
1 M. de la Fontaine.
1 Count Du Barry.
5 Count de Geoffre.
1 Marshal de Stainville.
3 Mme. de Bonneuil.
1 Mme. de Saint-Pays.
1 Mme. Paris.
1 M. Perrin.
2 Copy of Marquis de Verac.
1 An American lady.
1 Mme. Thilorie, half-length.
1 Copy of the same.
1 Mme. Tetare.
1 Copy of the Bishop of Beauvais.
1 M. de Vismes.
1 M. Pernon.
1 Mlle. Dupetitoire.
1 Mlle. Baillot.
1774
1 Abbe Giroux.
1 Little Roissy.
1 Copy of Chancellor d'Aguesseau.
1 Copy of M. de la Marche.
1 Mme. Damerval.
1 Count de Brie.
1 Mme. Maingat.
1 Baroness de Lande.
1 Mme. Le Normand.
1 Mme. de la Grange.
1 M. Meraut.
1 Viscount de Boisjelin.
1 M. de Saint-Malo.
1 M. Desmarets.
1 Countess d'Harcourt.
2 Mlle. de Saint-Brie and Mlle. de Sence.
1 Countess de Gontault.
1 Mlle. Robin.
1 M. de Borelly.
1 M. de Momanville.
2 The Rossignol sisters.
1 Mme. de Belgarde.
1775
1 Mme. de Monville with her child.
1 Mme. Denis.
1 Count Schouvaloff.
1 Count de Langeas.
1 Mme. Monge.
1 Mme. Tabari.
1 Mme. de Fougerait.
1 Mme. de Jumilhac.
1 Marquise de Roncherol.
1 Prince de Rochefort.
1 Mlle. de Rochefort.
1 M. de Livoy.
1 Mme. de Ronsy.
1 M. de Monville.
1 Mlle. de Cosse.
1 Mme. Augeard.
1 Copy of Mme. Damerval.
1 Mme. Deplan.
1 M. Caze.
1 M. Goban.
1 Mlle. de Rubec.
1 M. de Roncherol.
1 Prince de Rohan, the elder.
1 Prince Julius de Rohan.
1 M. Ducluzel.
2 Count and Countess de Cologand.
1 Mlle. Julie, who married Talma.
1 Mme. Courville.
1 Marquis de Gerac.
1 Mme. de Laborde.
1 Mlle. de Givris.
1 Mlle. de Ganiselot.
1 M. de Veselay.
1776
1 Princess de Craon.
1 Marquis de Chouart.
1 Prince de Montbarrey.
1 Baron Gros, painter, as a child.
1 Princess de Talleyrand.
1 Count des Deux-Ponts.
1 Mme. de Montbarrey.
1 A banker.
2 M. and Mme. Toullier.
1 Princess d'Arenberg.
1 M. de Saint-Denis.
12 Monsieur, the King's brother.
2 M. and Mme. de Valesque.
1 Little Vaubal.
1 Mme. de Lamoignon.
4 M. de Savalette.
1 Prince of Nassau.
1 Mme. de Brente.
1 Lady Berkely.
1 Mme. Saulot.
1 Countess Potocka.
2 Mme. de Verdun.
1 Mme. de Montmorin.
1 Her daughter.
1777
1 Marquis de Crevecoeur.
1 Baron de Vombal.
1 Mme. Perrin.
1 M. Oglovi.
1 M. Saint-Hubert.
1 Mme. de Nolstein.
1 Mme. de Beaugoin.
2 Mlle. Dartois.
1 Mme. Le Normand.
1 M. de Finnel.
1 M. de Lange.
1 Mme. de Montlegiets
1 Mme. de la Fargue.
1778
1 Duchess de Chartres.
1 Mme. de Teuilly.
1 M. de Saint-Priest, ambassador.
2 M. and Mme. Dailly.
2 M. and Mme. Domnival.
1 Mme. Monge.
1 Mme. Degeraudot.
1 Marquis de Cosse.
1 Marquis d'Armaille.
1 Duke de Cosse.
1 Mlle. de Ponse.
1 Monsieur, the King's brother.
1 Marquise de Montemey.
1 Mme. de Foissy.
2 The Brongniart children.
1 M. de Rannomanovski.
1 Mme. de Roissy.
1 Mme. de Bec de Lievre.
1 Copy of portrait of the Queen.
2 Madame, wife of Monsieur.
1 Copy of portrait of Mme. Du Barry.
1 Mlle. Lamoignon.
1 Head of Mme. Vigee Lebrun.
1 Copy of portrait of Marie Antoinette.
1 Mme. Filorier.
1779
1 Marquis de Vrague.
1 Countess de Virieu.
1 Mme. Richard.
1 Mme. de Monge.
1 Large portrait of the Queen for the Empress of Russia.
2 Half-length portraits of Marie Antoinette.
2 Copies of the same.
1 Mme. de Savigny.
2 The same with her son.
2 M. and Mme. de Lastic.
1 Woman as a Jewess for M. de Cosse.
1 Mme. Dicbrie.
2 Copies of busts of Marie Antoinette.
2 Mme. Ducluzel.
1 Mme. de Verdun.
1 Count de Dorsen, the younger.
2 M. and Mme. de Montesquiou.
1 Portrait of the Queen, for M. de Sartines.
1 Mme. de Palerme.
1 A little American.
1 Mlle. de la Ferte.
1 Head, looking down, for M. de Cosse.
1 Duke d'Orleans.
1 Marquise de Montesson.
2 Copies of the Duke d'Orleans.
2 Copies of large portrait of Marie Antoinette for M. de Vergennes.
1 Mme. de Vannes.
1 Countess de Tournon.
1 Prince de Montbarrey.
1780
1 Mme. Lessout.
1 Large picture of Marie Antoinette.
1 The same.
4 Mme. de Verdun and family.
1 Mme. de Montesquiou.
1 Mme. de Montaudran.
1 Mme. Foulquier.
2 Mme. Genty.
1 Duchess de Mazarin.
1781
1 Young girl smelling a rose.
1 Mme. Young.
1 Count de Cosse.
1 Princess de Croyes.
1 Mme. de Saint-Alban.
1 M. de Landry.
2 Portraits of Mme. Vigee Lebrun.
1 Monsieur, brother of the King.
1 Copy of same.
1 Duchess de Chaulnes.
1 Mme. Dumoley.
1 M. Dumoley, the younger.
1 Countess Du Barry.
1 Sketch for a picture of Juno.
1 Venus, study of a head.
1 Mme. d'Harvelay.
5 Studies of heads.
2 Mlle. de Laborde.
1 Mlle. Devaron.
1 Mme. Moreton.
1 Copy of M. Moreton.
1 Mme. de la Porte.
3 Princess Lamballe.
1782
1 Madame, sister of the King.
1 Copy of same.
1 Duchess de Polignac.
1 Copy of same.
1 Baron de Montesquiou.
1 Mme. de Verdun.
1 Mme. de Chatenay.
3 Prince Henry of Prussia.
1783
1 Marquise de la Guiche.
1 Mme. Grant.
1 Landgrave de Salm.
1 Mme. de Mailly.
2 Countess d'Artois.
2 Countess de Simiane.
2 Duchess de Guiche.
1 Marie Antoinette with hat.
2 The same in full dress.
2 Mme. Elisabeth, sister of the King.
1 Copy of same.
1 Mlle. Lavigne.
3 Copies of the Queen with hat.
4 The Queen in velvet dress.
4 Copies of same.
1 The Dauphin.
1 Mme. Royale, daughter of the King.
1784
1 Count de Vaudreuil.
5 Copies of same.
1 Countess de Grammont-Caderousse.
1 Countess de Serre.
1 M. de Beaujon.
1785
1 M. de Beaujon.
1 Princess de Carignan.
1 Mme. Fodi.
1 M. de Calonne.
1 Countess de Segur.
1 Copy of same.
1 Count de Segur.
1 Copy of same.
1 Baroness de Crussol.
1 M. de Saint-Hermine.
1 Gretry.
1 Countess de Clermont-Tonerre.
1 Countess de Virieu.
1 Viscountess de Vaudreuil.
2 Copies of the Queen in full dress.
1 Mme. Vigee.
1 Copy of M. de Calonne.
1 M. de Beaujon.
1786
1 Mme. Fouquet's little daughter.
1 Mme. de Tott.
1 Little d'Espagnac.
1 Mme. de la Briche's little daughter.
1 Mme. de Puysegur.
1 Mme. Raymond.
1 Mme. Daudelot.
1 Mme. Davaray.
1 Countess de Sabran.
1 Mme. Vigee Lebrun and her daughter.
1787
1 Mlle. Lebrun reading the Bible.
1 Mme. de Rouge and two sons.
1 Mme. Dugazon, as _Nina_.
1 Cailleau, as a huntsman.
2 His two children.
1 Mlle. Lebrun in profile.
1 The same, looking at a mirror.
1 Mme. de la Grange.
1 Marie Antoinette and her children.
1 Mme. Vigee Lebrun.
2 Countess de Beon.
1 M. Le Jeune.
3 The Dauphin, Madame, and the Duke de Normandie.
1 Aunt of Mme. Verdun.
1 Duchess de Guiche, holding a wreath of flowers.
1 Pastel of same.
2 Duchess de Polignac with straw hat.
1 The same, singing at a piano.
1 Mme. de Chatenay.
1 Mme. Du Barry, full-length.
1 The same, in dressing-gown.
1 Mme. de Polignac.
1788
1 Duke de Polignac.
1 His father.
1 Robert, landscape painter.
1 Mme. Dumoley.
1 Mme. de la Briche.
1 Countess de Beaumont.
1 Little Baron d'Escars.
1 Little Prince Lubomirski.
1 The same, in pursuit of fame.
1 Little Brongniart.
1 Marquise de Grollier.
1 Le Bailly de Crussol.
1 Mme. de la Guiche, as a dairymaid.
1 Count d'Angevilliers.
1789
1 M. de Chatelux, from memory.
1 The Duke de Normandie, full-length.
1 Mme. Peregaux.
1 Mme. de Segur, profile.
1 Large portrait of Marie Antoinette for the Baron de Breteuil.
1 Duchess de la Rochefoucauld.
1 Cupid.
1 Duchess d'Orleans.
1 Mme. Vigee Lebrun and daughter, for M. d'Angevilliers.
1 Mme. de Grollier.
1 Le Bailly de Crussol.
1 Mme. d'Aumont.
2 Mme. de Polignac.
2 Mme. de Guiche, pastel.
1 Mme. de Pienne.
1 Mme. de Chatre.
1 Mme. de Fresne-d'Aguesseau.
1 Marshal de Segur.
1 Madame and the Dauphin.
1 Robert, the landscape painter.
1 Mlle. Lebrun, small oval.
1 Mme. Chalgrin.
1 Mme. Vigee Lebrun, pastel.
1 Joseph Vernet.
1 Prince of Nassau, full length.
1 Mme. Vigee Lebrun, with daughter in arms.
1 Mme. Raymond with her child.
2 Mme. de Simiane.
2 Mme. Rousseau.
1 Mme. Duvernais.
1 Mme. de Saint-Alban.
1 Mme. Savigni.
1 Mlle. Dorion.
1 Mme. Du Barry.
DONE AT ROME
1 Mme. Vigee Lebrun, for the Academy of Lucca.
1 The same for the gallery at Florence.
1 Copy of same, for Lord Bristol.
1 Miss Pitt.
1 Mlle. Roland.
1 Mme. Silva, a Portuguese.
1 Countess Potocka.
2 Princesses Adelaide and Victoria, House of Bourbon.
VARIOUS LANDSCAPES, OILS AND CRAYONS DONE AT NAPLES
1 Countess Skavronska, three-quarter length.
2 The same, half-length.
1 Lady Hamilton, as a reclining bacchante.
1 The same, as a sibyl, full-length.
1 The same, as a bacchante dancing.
1 Head of the same as a sibyl.
1 Princess Maria Theresa, who married Emperor Francis II.
1 Princess Maria Louisa, who married the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
1 Princess Marie-Christine, of Naples.
1 Paesiello, composer.
1 Prince Resonico.
1 Lord Bristol, three-quarter length.
1 Bailiff of Litta.
1 Queen of Naples.
Studies of Vesuvius and several landscapes.
DONE AT TURIN AND OTHER PLACES
1 Head, in oils, for the Academy of Parma.
1 Small portrait for the Institute of Bologna.
1 Mme. de Gourbillon.
1 Her son.
1 Mlle. Lebrun, as a bather.
1 Mlle. Porporati.
1 Copy of portrait of Raphael at Florence.
Various landscapes from nature.
DONE AT VENICE
1 Mme. Marini.
DONE AT VIENNA
1 Mme. Bistri, a Pole.
1 Mlle. de Caquenet.
1 Countess Kinska, three-quarter length.
1 The same, half-length.
1 Countess de Buquoi.
1 Countess Rasomovska.
1 Countess Palfi.
1 Princess Lichtenstein.
1 Count Strogonoff, half-length.
1 The same, hands showing.
1 Count Czernicheff, in black domino.
1 Countess Zamoiska, dancing.
1 Young Countess de Fries as Sapho.
1 Duchess de Guiche in blue turban.
2 Portraits of Prince Schotorinski, one with cloak.
1 Mme. de Schoenfeld, wife of Saxon Minister, with her child.
1 Prince Henry Lubomirski, playing on a lyre, with two naiades listening.
1 Princess Lichtenstein, as Iris.
1 Princess Esterhazy, sitting by the sea.
1 Princess Louise Galitzin.
1 Mme. Mayer.
1 Little girl bathing.
1 Countess Severin Potocka.
1 Princess of Wurtemberg.
1 Small picture for Count Wilsech.
1 Countess de Braonne, to the knees.
1 Small portrait for Mme. de Carpeny.
1 Duchess de Polignac, from memory, after her death.
1 Young Edmund de Polignac.
1 Princess Sapieha.
PASTELS DONE AT VIENNA
1 Count Woina, son of the Polish Ambassador.
1 Mlle. Caroline Woina, his sister.
1 Young Countess Metzy de Polignac.
1 Young Countess Therese de Hardik.
2 The two brothers of the Duchess de Guiche.
1 Brother of Mlle. de Fries, half-length.
2 Countess de Rombec, half-length.
1 Count Julius de Polignac.
1 Princess Linovska.
1 Lady Gaisford.
1 The de Choisy sisters.
1 Mlle. Schoen.
1 Agenor, infant son of the Duchess de Polignac.
1 His brother, Count de Fries.
1 Countess de Thun.
1 Countess d'Harrack.
1 Small drawing of the same.
1 M. de Riviere.
1 M. Thomas, architect.
1 Countess de Rombec.
1 Marquis de Riviere.
Landscapes near Vienna, from nature.
DONE IN RUSSIA
1 Mme. Dimidoff.
1 Princess Mentchikoff, with her child, three-quarter length.
1 Countess Potocka, with dove, reclining.
1 Young Countess Schouvaloff, half-length.
1 The young Grand Duchesses Helen and Alexandrina.
2 Grand Duchess Elizabeth, arranging flowers in a basket.
2 Half-length copies of the same.
2 Half-length pictures of her, one hand showing.
1 Countess Orloff.
1 Marshall Soltikoff.
2 Grand Duchess Anne, half-length.
2 Countess Scavronska, copied from portrait done at Naples.
1 Countess Strogonoff, with her child.
1 Count Strogonoff, half-length.
4 Countess Sammakloff, with her children.
1 Countess Apraxin.
1 Princess Isoupoff.
1 Her son.
2 Countess Voranxoff.
1 Countess Golovin, one hand showing.
1 Countess Tolstoi, leaning against a rock.
2 Princess Alexis Kurakin and her husband.
2 King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski, one in Henry IV. costume, the other in velvet cloak.
1 His great-niece, playing with a little dog.
1 Princess Michael Galitzin.
1 Emperor Alexander I., of Russia.
1 Empress Elizabeth, his wife.
1 Empress Maria of Russia, wife of the Emperor Paul.
2 Countess Diedrichstein and her husband.
1 Princess Bauris Galitzin, three-quarter length.
1 Lord Talbot, half-length.
1 Princess Sapieha, with tambour, dancing.
1 Daughter of Princess Isoupoff.
1 Mme. Kutusoff, half-length.
1 Baron Strogonoff.
1 Mlle. Kasisky.
1 Princess Alexander Galitzin.
1 Mme. Kalitcheff.
1 Count Potocka.
1 Count Litta.
1 Princess Viaminski.
1 Young Prince Bariatinski.
2 Prince Alexander Kurakin, half-length.
1 Mme. Vigee Lebrun, in black, to the knees, holding palette, for the Academy of St. Petersburg.
DONE AT BERLIN
2 Pastels of the Queen of Prussia.
1 Mme. de Souza, Portuguese Ambassadress.
1 Portrait of a lady.
DONE AT DRESDEN
3 Emperor Alexander, copied from portrait done at St. Petersburg.
1 Daughter of the Countess Potocka.
1 A German lady.
DONE IN ENGLAND
1 Miss Dorset.
1 Mme. Chinnery.
2 Her children.
1 Miss Dillon.
1 Mme. Villiers.
1 Margravine of Anspach.
1 Mme. Baring.
1 Prince of Wales.
1 Mme. de Polastron.
1 Countess Diedrichstein.
2 Infant son of Mme. de Polastron.
1 Lord Byron.
1 Prince Bariatinski.
1 An American lady.
1 Son of Margravine of Anspach.
3 Portraits of Mme. Vigee Lebrun.
3 Mme. Grassini, two of them in oriental costume, the other half-length.
1 Portrait of an Irish lady.
1 Lady Georgina, daughter of Lady Gordon.
1 Prince Biron of Courland, as a huntsman.
1 Two sons of Countess de Vaudreuil.
Views of the seacoast in crayons, and several landscapes.
DONE AT PARIS AFTER RETURNING
1 Queen of Prussia, from picture done at Berlin, large half-length.
1 Prince Ferdinand of Prussia.
1 Prince Augustus Ferdinand, his son.
1 Princess Louise Radzivill, his sister.
1 Princess Tufakin.
1 Mme. Catalani, singing at a piano.
1 Mme. Murat, with her daughter.
4 Portraits of Mme. Vigee Lebrun for friends.
3 Mme. Grassini.
1 M. Ragani, her husband.
1 Viscountess de Vaudreuil.
2 Count de Vaudreuil, her uncle.
2 Duchess de Guiche.
1 Young Princess Potemski, half-length.
1 Mme. Constans.
1 Countess d'Andlau, with hands showing.
1 Duke de Berri.
2 Countess de Rosambeau and Countess d'Orglande, daughters of Countess d'Andlau.
2 The two d'Andlau brothers.
1 Viotti, famous violinist.
1 Marquise de Grollier, painting flowers.
1 M. de Crussol, large half-length picture.
1 Mlle. de Grenonville.
1 Mme. Davidoff.
1 Marquis de Riviere, for King Charles X., half-length.
1 Count de Coetlosquet.
1 Mme. de Pront, his niece.
2 Duchess de Berri.
1 Mlle. de Sassenay.
1 M. Raoul Rochette.
1 M. Sapey.
1 Mme. Lafont.
1 Mlle. de Riviere.
1 Alfred de Riviere.
1 Baron de Feisthamel, painting.
1 Baron de Crespy le Prince, drawing.
1 Mme. Ditte.
1 Mme. de Riviere, both hands showing.
1 Profile of Mme. Vigee Lebrun, for a medallion for the City of St. Petersburg, on which Angelica Kauffman was also to appear.
SUNDRY PICTURES
1 Poetry, Painting and Music.
1 Spanish Scene.
1 Love asleep under a tree.
1 Young girl, surprised in her shirt.
1 Young girl, caught writing.
1 Innocence seeking refuge in the arms of Justice.
1 Venus binding the wings of Love.
1 Juno asking girdle from Venus.
1 Bacchante with tiger-skin.
1 Peace bringing back Plenty.
1 Apotheosis of the Queen.
1 Shipwrecked woman.
1 Cataract of Narva.
1 Amphion playing on the lyre.
1 An old man with his son.
About 200 Swiss and English landscapes.
SUNDRY PORTRAITS
1 Mme. Ducrest de Villeneuve.
1 Marquise de Jancourt.
1 Countess de Provence.
1 Woman painting.
1 Mme. Mole-Raymond, of the Comedie-Francaise, with muff.
1 The infant Duke de Berri.
1 Lady playing the harp.
1 Countess Czartoryska.
1 Mme. Courcelles.
1 Davich Khan.
1 His son.
1 Prince de Rochefort.
1 Cardinal Fleury, from an engraving.
1 La Bruyere, from an engraving.
1 Mme. de Suffrein, from memory.
1 Abbe Delille, from memory.
1 Countess de Las Casas, from memory.
INDEX
d'Abrantes, Duchess, 113
d'Alembert, 19
Alexander, as Emperor of Russia, 160, 161
Alexandrina, Duchess, 115
Alexandrina, Grand Duchess, 96
Amiens, Treaty of, 186
Amsterdam, 33
"Anacharsis," 38
d'Angevilliers, M., 30
d'Angouleme, Duchess, 206, 210
Anne, Grand Duchess, 97
Anspach, Margravine of, 196, 197
Archimandrite, the, 107, 129, 130
d'Aremberg, Duchess, 21
d'Aremberg, Princess, 32
Arnault, Abbe, 8
Arnould, Mlle., 41, 45
d'Artois, Count, 30, 44, 87, 190, 208
d'Artois, Countess, 30
Assassination of Paul, Emperor of Russia, 156, 160
Asvedo, 36
Auber, the crown jeweller, 21
Augue, Mlle., 179
Augustus, Prince of England, 73
Bariatinski, Prince, 87, 98
Bariatinski, Princess, 110
Barriere du Trone, 55
Bassano, Mme. de, 177
Beaujolais, Duke de, 196
Beaujon, M. de, 41
Beaumarchais, M. de, 48
Beauvoisin Bridge, 56
Berlin, arrival at, 167
Bernis, de, Cardinal, 57, 63
Berri, Duke de, 69, 191, 198, 209, 211
Berri, Duchess de, 211, 212
Bertin, Mlle., 65
Bezborodko, Prince, 151, 152
Bombelles, Marquis de, 72
Bonaparte, 176, 179, 201, 202
Bonaparte, Lucien, 174, 176
Bonneuil, Mme. de, 24, 174
Boquet, Mlle., 7, 8, 12, 13
Boufflers, Chevalier de, 36, 37
Bourbon, Duke de, 69
Bournonville, General, 170
Boutin, M., 39
Branicka, Countess, 95
Briard, 8
Brighton, 194, 195
Brionne, Countess de, 11, 19, 78
Brongniart, 52
Brongniart, Mme., 52
Brongniarts, 175
Brussels, 33
Budweis, 81
Buturlin, Count, 152
Cafe Turc, 13
Calonne, M. de, 41
Campan, Mme., 179
Canaletto's pictures, 77
Canillos, Mme. de, 21
Canisy, Mme. de, 177
Caravaggio's pictures, 77
Catherine II., 80, 85, 86, 87, 96, 97, 98;
her reign a boon to Russia, 112;
her simple mode of life, 114;
her death, 116
Chalgrin, Mme., 13
Champs Elysees, 14
Chartres, Duchess de, 11, 22
Chaudet, 39
Chimay, Prince de, 178
Chinnery, Mme., 192, 193
Choiseul, Duke de, 19
Clotilda, Queen of Sardinia, 74
Cobentzel, Count, 91, 92, 93, 116
Coliseum, The, 14, 60
Comedie Francaise, 14
Conde, Prince de, 126
Contat, Mlle., 44, 54
Conti, Princess de, 47
Constantine, Grand Duke, 97
Couteux du Molay, le, 37
Cramer, 36
Cubieres, Marquis de, 39, 40
Dalayrac's "Underground," 91
Daughter of Mme. Lebrun, death of, 212, 213
Davesne, 6
Davich Kahn, 25
De la Ribaussiere, 91
Delayrac, 46
Delille, Abbe, 37, 180, 181
Denis, 61
Denis, Mme., 63
Denon, M., 72
Devonshire, Duchess of, 186
Diderot, 7
Diedrichstein, Count, 115
Dimidoff, M., 127
Dimidoff, Mme., 180
Dolgoruki, Princess, 91, 92, 101, 114, 116, 117, 161, 179, 180
Domenichino, 22
Dorset, Lady, 195
Doyen, 5, 7, 125, 126
Du Barry, Mme., her portrait is painted by Mme. Lebrun, 50;
account of her death, 51
Ducis, 178
Ducrest de Villeneuve, Countess, 127, 147, 148
Dugazon, 44
Dugazon, Mme., 46
Dumesnil, Mlle., 42
Duroc, General, 170
Duvivier, M., accompanies Mme. Lebrun to Naples, 63
Egalite, Philippe, 47
Elisabeth, Mme., 30
Elisabeth, Princess, wife of Alexander, 85, 96, 97, 98
d'Enghien, Duke, 191
d'Entraigues, Count, 45
Esterhazy, Count, 84, 85, 87
Esterhazy, Countess, 85
"Fantoccini," Carlo Perico's, 14
Faubourg, Saint Antoine, 55
Faubourg, Saint Germain, 11
Filleul, M., 13
Fitzherbert, Mme., 187
Fleury, Cardinal, 19
Fleury, Duchess de, 62, 68
France, return to, 172
Francis II., Emperor of Austria, 70, 78
Frogeres, 123
"Gallery of the Titans," 56
Galitzin, Prince, 149, 150
Garat, 36
Gardel, 45
Gennevilliers, 47
Geoffrin, Mme., 10
Genis, Mme. de, 211
Gerard, M., 177
Gerbier, 18
Gluck, 8, 36, 45
Gluckists, 36
Golovin, Countess, 101
Gourbillon, Mme. de, 75
Grammont-Caderousse, Duchess de, 22
Grassini, Mme., 201
Gretry, 18, 36, 49
Greuze, 9, 174
Greville, Lord, 67
Grollier, Marquise de, 36
Guiche, Countess de la, 41, 79
Guimard, Mlle., 46
Hamelin, Mme., 180
Hamilton, Sir William, 65, 67
Hamilton, Lady, 66, 67, 68, 69
Hampton Court, 193
Harlequin, 60
Harte, Mme. (Lady Hamilton), 65, 66
Helen, Grand Duchess, 96
Helvetius, 7
Henry of Prussia, Prince, 36
Hermitage, the, 113
Herschel, Doctor, 193, 194
Hulmondel, 36
Hydromel, 108
"Iphigenia," 89
Jarnovick, 36
Jouberthon, Mme., 174
Knowles Castle, 195
Krestovski, Island of, 110
Krudener, Baroness de, 169
Kurakin, Prince Alexander, 149
Kurakin, Princess, 91, 161
Kutaisoff, 157, 160
Laborde, Mlle. de, 54
La Bruyere, 19
La Harpe, 22
Lamballe, Princess de, 31
Lambeth, M., 30
Langeron, Count de, 127
Larive, 38
Laruette, Mme., 38
Latour, 4, 18
Lauzun, Duke de, 19
Lebrun, Eugenia, 211, 213
Lebrun, Mme., daughter of, 136, 140;
letter of, 188-190
Lebrun, M., his marriage to Mlle. Vigee, 20;
his appropriation of her earnings, 41;
his death, 212
Lebrun, the poet, 37, 38
Lekain, 18, 38, 42
Le Moine, 18
Lichtenstein, Prince, 77
Lichtenstein, Princess, 80
Ligne, Prince de, 32, 79, 80, 85, 94, 113
London, journey to, 182;
streets of, 184;
Sunday in, 184;
artists of, 185;
climate of, 185
Longchamps, 13
Lorraine, Princess de, 11, 19
Louis XVIII., 30, 31, 206-208
Louveciennes, sacking of, 204, 205
Louvre, the, 9
Lubomirska, Prince, 42
Lubomirska, Princess, 42
Luxembourg Palace, 8, 15
Lyon, Emma (Lady Hamilton), 66
Madame, the Wife of Louis XVIII., 75
Maestricht, 33
Maestrino, 36
Maria, Empress of Russia, portrait of, 128;
beauty of, 128;
children of, 129
Marie Antoinette, 17, 22;
her portrait is painted by Mme. Lebrun, 25, 30;
reference to portrait, 126;
bust of, 179
Marie, Grand Duchess, 97
Maria Theresa, wife of Emperor Francis II., 78
Marly-le-Roi, 17
"Marriage of Figaro," the, 44
Mars, Mlle., 44
Martini, 36
Matlock, 194
Mazarin, Duchess de, 23, 134
Melissimo, 111;
his luxurious house, 111;
elaborate entertainment for Mme. Lebrun, 111
Metternich, M. de, 180
Metternich, Prince, 79
Moira, Lord, 198
Monaco, Princess Joseph de, 62, 68, 73
Montesquiou, Marquis de, 31
Montgerou, Mme. de, 36
Montesson, Mme. de, 47
Montpensier, Duke de, 196
Moscow, journey to, 142, 143;
size of, 144;
cemeteries of, 144;
palaces of, 149;
banker of, 150;
departure from, 154
Mueller, 34
Murat, Mme., 179, 203
Naples, Queen of, 67, 70, 71, 72
Narischkin, Prince, 89
Narva, 164
Nassau, Prince, 79
Nelson, Lord, 69
Neva, the breaking up of ice in, 106;
blessing of, 107
Nicholas, Grand Duke of Russia, 129
Nivernais, Duke de, 49
Noailles, Marshal de, 35
d'Orleans, Duke, 47, 196
Orloff, Count, 10, 90, 148
Opera-Comique, 46
Palais Royal, 9, 12, 36
Paris, comparison with other cities, 175
Parois, Count de, 39
Paul, 103, 116, 117;
accession of, 119;
tyranny of, 120;
personal appearance of, 125;
assassination of, 156
Pergola, Lake of, 109
Perouse, M. de la, 14, 62
Peter III., his funeral, with that of Catherine, 117
Peter, Mme. Lebrun's servant, 104, 109
Peyre, Mme., 178
Peze, Mme. de, 37
Piccini, 36, 45
Piccinists, 36
Pierre, M., opposition to Mme. Lebrun's election to Royal Academy of Painting, 34
Pitt, Miss, 57
Poinsinet, 5
Polignac, Duchess de, 79
Poniatowski, Prince Joseph, 134, 135
Poniatowski, Stanislaus Augustus, 131-133
Pope Pius VI., 58
Porporati, 76
Posilippo, 70, 71
Potemkin, account of his extravagances, 93, 94;
his death, 95
Potocka, Countess, 57
Potsdam, 167
Poussin's pictures, 39
"Rape of the Sabines," 69
Prater, the, 77
Preville, 45
Prince of Wales, the, 186, 187
Prussia, Queen of, 167, 168
Radziwill, Prince, 169
Raincy, 47
Raphael, 9, 22
Raphael's "Madonna," Dresden gallery, 81
Rasomovski, Count, 78
Raucourt, Mlle., first appearance, 43
Recamier, Mme., 177, 178
Reimburg, Frederic, his collection of pictures of Lady Hamilton, 67
Rembrandt, 9
Repnin, Prince, 95
Reynolds, 185
Richelieu, Duke, 127
Richer, 36
Riga, 165
Riviere, Marquis de, 38, 133, 134
Riviere, Mme. de, 211, 214
Rohan-Rochefort, Princess, 18, 19
Rohan, Cardinal de, 19
Roissy, Mme. de, 18
Romazoff, 90
Rombec, Countess de, 79
Rome, palaces and churches, 58;
manner of lighting streets, 59;
general use of daggers, 61
Roquencourt, 205
Rouge, Marquise de, 37
Royale, Mme. 30
Rubens, 8, 9, 32, 34, 77
Rulhieres, M. de, 19
Russia, rigour of climate, 100, 102
Russian hospitality, 90;
entertainments, 100;
characteristics, 103, 104, 105;
servants, 107, 108
Saardam, 33
Sabran, Marquise de, 36
Sacchini, 36, 45
Saint Georges, 12
Saint Huberti, Mme., 45
Saint Ouen, 49
Salentin, 36
Sardinia, King of, 76
Scaramouche, 60
Schoenbrunn, Park of, 78
Schouvaloff, Count, 10
Segur, Count de, 94, 113, 114, 115, 177, 180
Segur, Mme. de, 176, 202
Skavronska, Count, 64, 65
Skavronska, Countess, 65
Soltikoff, Marshall, 146
Soltikoff, Mme., 147, 148
Sombreuil, M. de, 53
Sombreuil, Mlle. de, 53
Souza, Mme. de, 21
St. Angelo, Castle of, 59
St. Paul's, 58, 184
St. Peter's, Pope's blessing at, 58
St. Petersburg, description of, 81, 82
Stachelburg, Count, 114
"Straw Hat," by Rubens, 34
Strogonoff, Baroness de, 41, 146
Strogonoff, Count, 88, 89, 96, 103, 104, 136, 161
Strogonoff, Mlle., 127
Sudermania, Duke of, 115
Suvaroff, General, 113
Sweden, King of, 22, 115
Switzerland, journey to, 204
Talleyrand, Baron de, 70
Tallien, Mme., 178
Talma, 38, 43
"The Unwitting Philosopher," 44
Tippoo Sahib, Emperor, 24
Titian's pictures, 77
Todi, Mme., 36
Tuileries, 8, 15
Tunbridge Wells, 194
Turin, Mme. Lebrun goes to, 74;
filled with refugees from Paris, 76
Tuscany, Grand Duke of, 70
Vallayer-Coster, Mme., 34
Van Dyck, 9, 32, 77
Van Loo, painting by, 33
Vaudreuil, M. de, 39, 40, 49, 196
Verdun, Mme. de, 36
Vernet, Joseph, 8, 10, 34
Versailles, 30, 55
Vestris, the elder, 45
Vien, M., 177
Vien, Mme., 34
Vigee, Mme. Lebrun's brother, 38
Villeroi, Duchess de, 76
Villette, Marquise de, 48
Viotti, 36, 192
Wilford, Sir A., 195
Windsor, 193
Witworth, Lord, 133, 134
Zelaguin, Island of, 11
Zouboff, Plato, 95, 156