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 Rivière, 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 Rivière, 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 Rivière 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. Vigée 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 Sèvre.
• 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 Geoffré.
• 1 Marshal de Stainville.
• 3 Mme. de Bonneuil.
• 1 Mme. de Saint-Pays.
• 1 Mme. Paris.
• 1 M. Perrin.
• 2 Copy of Marquis de Vérac.
• 1 An American lady.
• 1 Mme. Thilorié, half-length.
• 1 Copy of the same.
• 1 Mme. Tétare.
• 1 Copy of the Bishop of Beauvais.
• 1 M. de Vismes.
• 1 M. Pernon.
• 1 Mlle. Dupetitoire.
• 1 Mlle. Baillot.

1774

• 1 Abbé 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. Méraut.
• 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. Mongé.
• 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 Cossé.
• 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 Gérac.
• 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 Crèvecœur.
• 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. Mongé.
• 1 Mme. Degéraudot.
• 1 Marquis de Cossé.
• 1 Marquis d'Armaillé.
• 1 Duke de Cossé.
• 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 Lièvre.
• 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. Vigée 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 Mongé.
• 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 Cossé.
• 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 Ferté.
• 1 Head, looking down, for M. de Cossé.
• 1 Duke d'Orléans.
• 1 Marquise de Montesson.
• 2 Copies of the Duke d'Orléans.
• 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 Cossé.
• 1 Princess de Croyes.
• 1 Mme. de Saint-Alban.
• 1 M. de Landry.
• 2 Portraits of Mme. Vigée 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 Ségur.
• 1 Copy of same.
• 1 Count de Ségur.
• 1 Copy of same.
• 1 Baroness de Crussol.
• 1 M. de Saint-Hermine.
• 1 Grétry.
• 1 Countess de Clermont-Tonerre.
• 1 Countess de Virieu.
• 1 Viscountess de Vaudreuil.
• 2 Copies of the Queen in full dress.
• 1 Mme. Vigée.
• 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 Puységur.
• 1 Mme. Raymond.
• 1 Mme. Daudelot.
• 1 Mme. Davaray.
• 1 Countess de Sabran.
• 1 Mme. Vigée Lebrun and her daughter.

1787

• 1 Mlle. Lebrun reading the Bible.
• 1 Mme. de Rougé 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. Vigée Lebrun.
• 2 Countess de Béon.
• 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. Péregaux.
• 1 Mme. de Ségur, profile.
• 1 Large portrait of Marie Antoinette for the Baron de Breteuil.
• 1 Duchess de la Rochefoucauld.
• 1 Cupid.
• 1 Duchess d'Orléans.
• 1 Mme. Vigée 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 Châtre.
• 1 Mme. de Fresne-d'Aguesseau.
• 1 Marshal de Ségur.
• 1 Madame and the Dauphin.
• 1 Robert, the landscape painter.
• 1 Mlle. Lebrun, small oval.
• 1 Mme. Chalgrin.
• 1 Mme. Vigée Lebrun, pastel.
• 1 Joseph Vernet.
• 1 Prince of Nassau, full length.
• 1 Mme. Vigée 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. Vigée 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 Schœnfeld, 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 Thérèse 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 Rivière.
• 1 M. Thomas, architect.
• 1 Countess de Rombec.
• 1 Marquis de Rivière.
• 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 Tolstoï, 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. Vigée 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. Vigée 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. Vigée 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 Grénonville.
• 1 Mme. Davidoff.
• 1 Marquis de Rivière, for King Charles X., half-length.
• 1 Count de Coëtlosquet.
• 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 Rivière.
• 1 Alfred de Rivière.
• 1 Baron de Feisthamel, painting.
• 1 Baron de Crespy le Prince, drawing.
• 1 Mme. Ditte.
• 1 Mme. de Rivière, both hands showing.
• 1 Profile of Mme. Vigée 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. Molé-Raymond, of the Comédie-Française, 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 Bruyère, from an engraving.
• 1 Mme. de Suffrein, from memory.
• 1 Abbé Delille, from memory.
• 1 Countess de Las Casas, from memory.

INDEX

• d'Abrantès, 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'Angoulême, 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, Abbé, 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
• Augué, Mlle., 179
• Augustus, Prince of England, 73

• Bariatinski, Prince, 87, 98
• Bariatinski, Princess, 110
• Barrière du Trône, 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

• Café 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 Élysées, 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
• Comédie Française, 14
• Condé, Prince de, 126
• Contat, Mlle., 44, 54
• Conti, Princess de, 47
• Constantine, Grand Duke, 97
• Couteux du Molay, le, 37
• Cramer, 36
• Cubières, Marquis de, 39, 40

• Dalayrac's "Underground," 91
• Daughter of Mme. Lebrun, death of, 212, 213
• Davesne, 6
• Davich Kahn, 25
• De la Ribaussière, 91
• Delayrac, 46
• Delille, Abbé, 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

• Égalité, 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
• Frogères, 123

• "Gallery of the Titans," 56
• Galitzin, Prince, 149, 150
• Garat, 36
• Gardel, 45
• Gennevilliers, 47
• Geoffrin, Mme., 10
• Genis, Mme. de, 211
• Gérard, 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
• Grétry, 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 Bruyère, 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. Vigée, 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
• Müller, 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'Orléans, Duke, 47, 196
• Orloff, Count, 10, 90, 148
• Opéra-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
• Pérouse, M. de la, 14, 62
• Peter III., his funeral, with that of Catherine, 117
• Peter, Mme. Lebrun's servant, 104, 109
• Peyre, Mme., 178
• Pezé, 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
• Préville, 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
• Récamier, 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
• Rivière, Marquis de, 38, 133, 134
• Rivière, 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
• Rougé, Marquise de, 37
• Royale, Mme. 30
• Rubens, 8, 9, 32, 34, 77
• Rulhières, 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
• Ségur, Count de, 94, 113, 114, 115, 177, 180
• Ségur, 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
• Vigée, 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