Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun [ Art and Literature ]
… Le Brun finally triumphed with a series of portraits Lord Hamilton, the British ambassador, had commissioned of his beloved Emma Hart (née Lyon). The future Lady Hamilton, whose physique evoked that of ancient Greek statues, had previously … struck from the list of emigrants, and on January 18, 1802, she returned to Paris. But she no longer recognised her beloved city, especially considering how much sociability practices had changed. The men’s shimmering habits had given … spa resorts , admiring the landscapes of Matlock, in Derbyshire, and Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. She found Brighton ‘lovely’ (678) and Bath ‘noble and picturesque’ (679). But for all that, her writings once again leave us with the …
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