The most accomplished female painter of her age, Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun (1755-1842) is best remembered for her many portraits of Queen Marie Antoinette of France.
Her two-volume autobiography was published in France in 1835-7, and this English version (of which the translator is unknown) in 1879..
The most accomplished female painter of her age, Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun (1755-1842) is best remembered for her many portraits of Queen Marie Antoinette of France