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; 124 OUR FRENCH CORRESPONDENT.
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Paris, September 19, 1861. Ladies You , ...
the . number of prizes awarded they won . fourteen . Men of liberal ideassuch as M . Arsene Houssayehave warmly condemned the
traditions , which , even in this latel , y reorganized land , do not ermit the Rosa Bonheurs and Henrietta Browns of France to
we p ar the red ribbon on their breasts , or to participate in the good things which fall to the lot of chevaliers of the legion of honor ,
many of whom are , in point of industry and genius , greatly inferior to the ladies who have been honored by gold medals and honorable
mentions at the Fine Arts Exhibitions that took place this year . Rosa Bonheur does nothoweverallow such considerations to
interfere with her happiness , ; she is , thoroughly enjoying herself at a country seat which she has lately purchased near Fontainebleau .
Her house and grounds overlook one of the rocky dells in the forest , and in their antique beauty are fully as picturesque as anything in
the surrounding country . She has added to the house , which has a pleasing time-worn look , as if the ages through which it existed had
not dealt more unkindly with it than with some of the old oaks in the dingle close by . The repairs , and additions are not like what are generally called " architectural improvements" but are made with
, all the harmony and good judgment that would be expected from the proprietorwho luxuriates in a wainscoted studio , of which the
carved oak panelling , bears evidence that its presiding genius is inclined to disburse largely on "works of art the golden store that
her cattle pieces and farm scenes bring in to her . It used to be _complained- of Mademoiselle Bonheur , that
overwork made her reserved and unsociable ; but the vitalizing effects of a residence in the country , where she has an opportunity of restoring
the equilibrium both of the mental and physical organization , are .. making her the brightesthappiestand most agreeable of human
beings . She dispenses , when , at Bey , , her hospitalities to her friends _and acquaintances with the most bewitching grace and genial
kindness ; and when not working in her studio or superintending the cultivation of her vines and flowers , this rival of Sir Edwin Landseer drives
about , in a little pony chaise of wicker-work , through the neighboring forest . Her dress on these occasions is of a rather
peculiar kind , and a description of it may perhaps cause some of the readers of the English _Woman ' s _Joiraira : l to . smile . It consists of
buff _pique , made something in the style of the uniforms of the Chasseurs de Vincennes—that is to say , a loose jacket falling over the hips ,
no petticoats , loose trousers gathered in under a garter , and terminated by the most charming pair of boots , which , to borrow a very
. tradesmanlike _iDhrase , combine the apparently incompatible qualities of strength and lightness . Mdlle . Bonheur is very dainty about her
cuffs ; at least , when in this costume , they seem to be of the finest cumbricand are closed at her wrist by a pair of diamond studs ,
. another , of which fastens an equally delicate-looking collar . The
seen short to curling disadvantage hair of the under artist a little and hat her , clearl which y cut becomes features the rest of
; 124 Our French Correspondent.
; 124 OUR FRENCH CORRESPONDENT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1861, page 124, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101861/page/52/
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