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ELIZABETH LOUISE VIGEE LE BRUN (1755-1842) French

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______. Elizabeth Louise Vigee-Le Brun. 1755-1842. Fort Worth: Kimbell Art Museum. 1983.

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            Revolution, the Empire. and the Restoration. New York: EP. Dutton. 1907.

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Ducey, Lynn Maureen. Issues in Representation: the Contrasting Reputations of
            Elisabeth Vigee-Le Brun and Adelaide Labille-Guiard. (Thesis)       University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1997.

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Vigee-Le Brun, Elisabeth. Memoirs of Elisabeth Vigee-Le Brun. Trans. Sian Evans.  Indiana University Press, 1889.

______. Madame Vigee Le Brun. Paris: Societe d'editions Litteraries et Artistiques: P Ollendorff, 1894. (French).

______. Souvenirs of Madame Vigee Le Brun New York: R. Worthington. 1879,

______. Souvenirs de Madame Vigee le Brun. Paris, Charpentier, 1881. (French).

_____. La Marquise de Pompadour. Paris: L,dition Moderne--Librairie Ambert, 1900-1995?. (French).

______. Lida von Mengden. Der Schönheit Malerin--: Erinnerungen der Elisabeth
            Vigee-Le Brun. Darmstadt: Luchterhand, 1985. (German).