20 Jul 2010 05:27:07AM @henri-louis-marie-de-rohan:
I think I was in the bushes helping her Grace the Duchess de Rochefort search for her lost snuffbox when this gouache was so quickly executed. Such a pity I could not be captured en famille!With greatest affection,
20 Jul 2010 02:24:59PM @anne-comtesse-de-noailles:
Bonjour Monsieur,I deeply regret that you are not part of this portrait too. As you stated you were not present which is due to your service . . .ahem. . .on her grace. It is indeed unfortunate she always loses her snuffbox in the bushes.Best RegardsAnne Claude d'ArpajonComtesse de Noailles
21 Jul 2010 06:13:54AM @henri-louis-marie-de-rohan:
And with such alarming frequency aussi! I'm motivated to buy her a chatelaine to help prevent it. Although no doubt she would lose that too...Your loving friend always &c.
that is by the way the family de Dampierre
I think I was in the bushes helping her Grace the Duchess de Rochefort search for her lost snuffbox when this gouache was so quickly executed. Such a pity I could not be captured en famille!With greatest affection,
Bonjour Monsieur,I deeply regret that you are not part of this portrait too. As you stated you were not present which is due to your service . . .ahem. . .on her grace. It is indeed unfortunate she always loses her snuffbox in the bushes.Best RegardsAnne Claude d'ArpajonComtesse de Noailles
And with such alarming frequency aussi! I'm motivated to buy her a chatelaine to help prevent it. Although no doubt she would lose that too...Your loving friend always &c.