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The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun

INDEX

Lionel Strachey translation

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

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