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FELICIE DE FAtrVEAXJ. 93
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ing it with of wax , form she , lias has been succeeded iier life after -long incredible endeavor . perseverance In bronze , and by means
thus repeated cast failures seven , times . A . figure The of least St . obstacle Michael , in were one it of onl her y the works breadth was 6 9 which
necessary of a pin's to point draw the in the one seething work of the metal At last sfiati into her every or he air ad part workman vents of , the broug mould are ht ,
her is enoug St . h Michael to destroy letethe . whole energy and - delicacy of the oriinal design entirel comp y preserved , and requiring nothing further .
The g translation from the wax to the bronze having lost none of its pristine freshnessremained stamped as it were with the creative
, genius Mademoiselle which had de insp Fauveau ired it . works almost incessantly , she scarcely associates few
forei allows of the gn herself hi or g Italian her any church families relaxation di drawn . gnitaries Retirement . Her , line and princi of is two pal agreeable demarcation or three to distinguished her around are , and a her her
was political She has there paid op . inions He two paid visits have her to Rome great a , one attention when , as the did Due the de two Bordeaux great .
princes Thus of happ art il , y then situated in Rome , beloved , Cornelius by many and , honorable admired Tenerani and . appreciated leads
life by , all which , this in clever all essentials artist , this seems noble a realised and dream of work woman , progress a ,
curious and From success , stud every . y . point The of extreme view independence a life so spent on is the an one interesting hand cloistral , which and
belongs simplicity to a and life formality devoted to . art She , — had on the scarcel other y ever , ( an almost been after separated I had from her mothertill about three months a year
first and seen this mother interesting , diedleaving household her ) son the and faithful ago daug friend hter inconsolable , the devoted .
The deepest proud loss of this of admirable that word , woman which , stands a mother next in to the the fullest word , largest God in ,
bhe hearts sense of allhas shed an almost invincible gloom over Mademoiselle de Fauveau , Let us trust it not be for long . She possesses
. may at brother least who the consolation is also an artist of entire of merit sympath , lives y with in her her , and sorrow is devoted . Her
bo her . , He assists her in most of her works , and is the support and 3 omfort of her lifeSuch a home for a woman-artist is an
_exceptional _ivork . blessing Is it wonderful . The . sp then here that in which thus cherished we work must and fostered tell on her our into ?
_genius Where should there is have revolt expanded against into law , power or suffers isolation and refined much from ties her , whether poetry heart
uerited or unmeriteda woman ' s art as as ; _) _moiselle oth are de in Fauveau danger of has , becoming been favored too plaintive . Her name or too , F defiant elicie , exi . has stence Made been
i ramed _* good omen in its . beautiful Long may and this romantic poetical home and magnanimous , haloed by its steady *
Felicie De Fatrveaxj. 93
FELICIE DE FAtrVEAXJ . 93
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1858, page 93, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101858/page/21/
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