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INDEX
io ; legal trouble about her work, 12 ; first
exhibits her pictures, 12 ; social engagements,
13 ; meets Marie Antoinette, 14 ; sends
present to French Academy, 14 ; marriage,
17 ; slanders about her, 18 ; her school, and
its speedy collapse, 18-19 '< petition for
separation of goods drawn up, but not
proceeded with, 19 ; her letter to Prince de
Bauffremont, 33 ; at Versailles, 35 ; member
of the Academy of Art, 42 ; gives up dinner-
parties, 53 ; libel on, 71 ; her acquaintance
with Calonne, 74-75 ; visits Madame du
Barry, 79 ; dines with the Mysorean envoys,
83 ; her “ Greek supper,” 84-86; her
troubles when the Revolution begins, 90-92 ;
leaves Paris in disguise, 92 ; anxieties of the
journey, 93 ; rests at Lyons, 94 ; crossing the
Alps, 95; recognised by a postilion, 95 ;
arrives at Turin, 95 ; at Bologna, 95 ; her
character, 98 ; her friends, 100 ; her qualities
as artist, 103-107 ; arrives at Florence, 108 ;
Rome, 109 ; on Michelangelo and Raphael,
109 ; trouble in finding quiet lodgings, no ;
at Naples, 113 ; paints Lady Hamilton’s
portrait, 113 ; at Venice, 114 ; at Turin, 115 ;
disappointed of returning to France, 115 ; at
Milan, 115 ; arrives in Vienna, 117 ; her life
there, 117-121 ; journey to St. Petersburg,
121-122 ; her success at Dresden en route,
121 ; visit to Prince Henry of Prussia, 122 ;
received by Catherine II, 124 ; her mistake
on that occasion, 124 ; arranges tableaux
vivants at Princesse Dolgorouky’s, 127 ;
losses by robbery and the failure of a bank,
128 ; encounter with a French scandal-
monger, 128 ; her court portraits at St.
Petersburg, 129-130-133 ; she arranges a
fancy dress which annoys the Empress, 130 ;
her charges for portraits, 130, 172 ; distress
at her daughter’s marriage, 133 ; visits
Moscow, 133 ; leaves Russia, 134 ; at
Potsdam with Queen Louise, 134 ; return to
Paris, 135 ; resumes her “ evenings,” 139 ;
goes to London, 141 ; her parties in Maddox
Street, 145 ; portrait of the Prince of Wales,
146 ; country visits in England, 150-158 ;
at Bath, 157 ; in Paris again, 162 ; tour in
Switzerland, 167-174 ; visits Madame de
Stael at Coppet, 171 ; death of Monsieur
Lebrun, 175 ; she buys a house at Louve-
ciennes, 175 ; her house pillaged by Prussian
soldiers, 176 ; received by Louis XVIII, 177 ;
death of her daughter, 178 ; visit to Bor-
deaux, 180; last years, 181-182 ; her death,
183 ; where she is buried, 183
Le Fevre, step-father of Madame Lebrun, 7 ;
his avarice and jealousy, 7 ; his cottage at
Chaillot, 14
Lefranc, Eugenie, Madame Tripier, niece of
J. B. P. Lebrun, 106 ; with Madame Lebrun,
181 ; her quarrel with Caroline de Riviere,
182-183
Le Kain, Henri Louis, actor, 7, 55
Le Moine, sculptor, 7
Le Pelletier, Monsieur, “ of Mortefontaine,” his
ill-managed house, 62 ; his eccentricities,
62-63
Ligne, Charles Joseph, Prince de, his opinion
of Madame Lebrun’s “ panier ” portrait of
Marie Antoinette, 31 ; entertains the Lebruns
in Belgium, 37 ; encourages Madame Lebrun
to visit St. Petersburg, 121
Louis XIV, his policy, 27
Louis XVI, his marriage, 8 ; character of, 28 ;
and the entrance of Vigee-Lebrun to the
Academy, 41 ; interview with Calonne, 71
Louis XVIII, as Comte de Provence, his songs,
35
Louise, Queen of Prussia, sits to Madame
Lebrun, 134 ; her remark on her own chil-
dren’s appearance, 134
Louveciennes, Madame du Barry’s house at,
79-81 ; Vigee-Lebrun at, 79-82 ; buys a
house at, 175 ; grave of Vigee-Lebrun at, 183
Lubomirski, Prince Henri, his portrait, 88
Maddox Street, London, Madame Lebrun’s
house in, 144-145
Madrid, insurrection at, in 1766, 24
Malmaison, Madame Lebrun meets Sieyes at
dinner there, 89
Maria Theresa, Empress, her opinion of the
“ panier ” portrait of Marie Antoinette, 31
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, disaster
during her marriage festivities in Paris, 8 ;
her character, 28 ; sits to Madame Lebrun,
29 ; description of, 30 ; portraits of, 30-33 ;
her conversation, 32
Marie Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, her
portrait, 130
Marly, Elisabeth Vigee meets the Queen there,
14 ; the artist’s disquieting experience at,
(in 1789), 88 ; state of her place after the
Revolution, 137
Marmoutier, the famous monastery, its end, 180
Mars, Mademoiselle, actress, her great attrac-
tions, 57
Martini, composer, plays at Madame Lebrun’s
house, 51
Maupertuis, seat of the Marquis de Montes-
quiou, the great state kept there, 61
Menageot, Francois, historical painter, advises
Vigee-Lebrun, 40 ; at Rome, 109
Mercier, Louis Sebastien, his Tableau de Paris
quoted, 49
Millais, Sir J. E., P.R.A., his portraits of
Disraeli and Gladstone mentioned, 31
Moira, Earl of, entertains Madame Lebrun in
England, 155 ; his library, 155
Mole, Francois, actor, 57
Montesquiou, Marquis de, his town and country
manners, 61
Montesson, Madame, morganatic wife of the
Due d’Orleans, 60
Montpensier, Due de, his walks with Madame
Lebrun at Twickenham, 152
INDEX
io ; legal trouble about her work, 12 ; first
exhibits her pictures, 12 ; social engagements,
13 ; meets Marie Antoinette, 14 ; sends
present to French Academy, 14 ; marriage,
17 ; slanders about her, 18 ; her school, and
its speedy collapse, 18-19 '< petition for
separation of goods drawn up, but not
proceeded with, 19 ; her letter to Prince de
Bauffremont, 33 ; at Versailles, 35 ; member
of the Academy of Art, 42 ; gives up dinner-
parties, 53 ; libel on, 71 ; her acquaintance
with Calonne, 74-75 ; visits Madame du
Barry, 79 ; dines with the Mysorean envoys,
83 ; her “ Greek supper,” 84-86; her
troubles when the Revolution begins, 90-92 ;
leaves Paris in disguise, 92 ; anxieties of the
journey, 93 ; rests at Lyons, 94 ; crossing the
Alps, 95; recognised by a postilion, 95 ;
arrives at Turin, 95 ; at Bologna, 95 ; her
character, 98 ; her friends, 100 ; her qualities
as artist, 103-107 ; arrives at Florence, 108 ;
Rome, 109 ; on Michelangelo and Raphael,
109 ; trouble in finding quiet lodgings, no ;
at Naples, 113 ; paints Lady Hamilton’s
portrait, 113 ; at Venice, 114 ; at Turin, 115 ;
disappointed of returning to France, 115 ; at
Milan, 115 ; arrives in Vienna, 117 ; her life
there, 117-121 ; journey to St. Petersburg,
121-122 ; her success at Dresden en route,
121 ; visit to Prince Henry of Prussia, 122 ;
received by Catherine II, 124 ; her mistake
on that occasion, 124 ; arranges tableaux
vivants at Princesse Dolgorouky’s, 127 ;
losses by robbery and the failure of a bank,
128 ; encounter with a French scandal-
monger, 128 ; her court portraits at St.
Petersburg, 129-130-133 ; she arranges a
fancy dress which annoys the Empress, 130 ;
her charges for portraits, 130, 172 ; distress
at her daughter’s marriage, 133 ; visits
Moscow, 133 ; leaves Russia, 134 ; at
Potsdam with Queen Louise, 134 ; return to
Paris, 135 ; resumes her “ evenings,” 139 ;
goes to London, 141 ; her parties in Maddox
Street, 145 ; portrait of the Prince of Wales,
146 ; country visits in England, 150-158 ;
at Bath, 157 ; in Paris again, 162 ; tour in
Switzerland, 167-174 ; visits Madame de
Stael at Coppet, 171 ; death of Monsieur
Lebrun, 175 ; she buys a house at Louve-
ciennes, 175 ; her house pillaged by Prussian
soldiers, 176 ; received by Louis XVIII, 177 ;
death of her daughter, 178 ; visit to Bor-
deaux, 180; last years, 181-182 ; her death,
183 ; where she is buried, 183
Le Fevre, step-father of Madame Lebrun, 7 ;
his avarice and jealousy, 7 ; his cottage at
Chaillot, 14
Lefranc, Eugenie, Madame Tripier, niece of
J. B. P. Lebrun, 106 ; with Madame Lebrun,
181 ; her quarrel with Caroline de Riviere,
182-183
Le Kain, Henri Louis, actor, 7, 55
Le Moine, sculptor, 7
Le Pelletier, Monsieur, “ of Mortefontaine,” his
ill-managed house, 62 ; his eccentricities,
62-63
Ligne, Charles Joseph, Prince de, his opinion
of Madame Lebrun’s “ panier ” portrait of
Marie Antoinette, 31 ; entertains the Lebruns
in Belgium, 37 ; encourages Madame Lebrun
to visit St. Petersburg, 121
Louis XIV, his policy, 27
Louis XVI, his marriage, 8 ; character of, 28 ;
and the entrance of Vigee-Lebrun to the
Academy, 41 ; interview with Calonne, 71
Louis XVIII, as Comte de Provence, his songs,
35
Louise, Queen of Prussia, sits to Madame
Lebrun, 134 ; her remark on her own chil-
dren’s appearance, 134
Louveciennes, Madame du Barry’s house at,
79-81 ; Vigee-Lebrun at, 79-82 ; buys a
house at, 175 ; grave of Vigee-Lebrun at, 183
Lubomirski, Prince Henri, his portrait, 88
Maddox Street, London, Madame Lebrun’s
house in, 144-145
Madrid, insurrection at, in 1766, 24
Malmaison, Madame Lebrun meets Sieyes at
dinner there, 89
Maria Theresa, Empress, her opinion of the
“ panier ” portrait of Marie Antoinette, 31
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, disaster
during her marriage festivities in Paris, 8 ;
her character, 28 ; sits to Madame Lebrun,
29 ; description of, 30 ; portraits of, 30-33 ;
her conversation, 32
Marie Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, her
portrait, 130
Marly, Elisabeth Vigee meets the Queen there,
14 ; the artist’s disquieting experience at,
(in 1789), 88 ; state of her place after the
Revolution, 137
Marmoutier, the famous monastery, its end, 180
Mars, Mademoiselle, actress, her great attrac-
tions, 57
Martini, composer, plays at Madame Lebrun’s
house, 51
Maupertuis, seat of the Marquis de Montes-
quiou, the great state kept there, 61
Menageot, Francois, historical painter, advises
Vigee-Lebrun, 40 ; at Rome, 109
Mercier, Louis Sebastien, his Tableau de Paris
quoted, 49
Millais, Sir J. E., P.R.A., his portraits of
Disraeli and Gladstone mentioned, 31
Moira, Earl of, entertains Madame Lebrun in
England, 155 ; his library, 155
Mole, Francois, actor, 57
Montesquiou, Marquis de, his town and country
manners, 61
Montesson, Madame, morganatic wife of the
Due d’Orleans, 60
Montpensier, Due de, his walks with Madame
Lebrun at Twickenham, 152