Marie Du Deffand [ Art and Literature ]
… ‘Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand’, Wikimedia Commons, M0536_D.1920.13, 1760. Abstract Connoisseurs of art and literature from all over Britain were known to grace Madame du Deffand’s salon on rue Saint-Dominique. Her … how Franco-British epistolary relationships helped shape new spaces of sociability, both real and imagined. People > Art and Literature Keywords Correspondence France Friendship Salons Madame du Deffand, née Marie de Vichy-Champrond, was … became close with the president of the Chambre des enquêtes, Charles-Jean-François Hénault, who shared her love of repartee and sociability. The marquise du Deffand was a spirited woman with a sharp tongue. She presided over the salon she …
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