Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun [ Art and Literature ]
… Royal Academy. Kauffmann’s skill as a portraitist was highly prized in British high society. Vigée Le Brun took great pleasure in calling on her Swiss counterpart, whom she considered ‘one of the glories of our sex’ ( Souvenirs , 358). She …
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