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However, thinking her talents were not being fully recognized there, she quickly moved to the "aristocrats" faction that had set itself up at the Théâtre du
Faubourg Saint-Germain (renamed the Théâtre de la Nation, now known as the
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at the Salon of 1799. The sitter expressed her disapproval of the work in a written letter. The artist would then replace the
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Occupation of Saint-Nizier church by Lyon prostitutes
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242:. She next played Lucinde in
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457:Mme Simons, née Lange
425:Le Sommeil d'Endymion
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1133:Valtesse de La Bigne
1061:Marguerite Steinheil
1001:Valtesse de La Bigne
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931:Marguerite Bellanger
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286:Le Vieux Célibataire
259:Marie-Joseph Chénier
1197:Red-light districts
941:Berthe de Courrière
916:Émilienne d'Alençon
874:Thierry Schaffauser
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921:Marguerite Alibert
895:Marguerite Gourdan
846:Loi Marthe Richard
800:L'Étoile de Kléber
384:Michel-Jean Simons
279:Théâtre de l'Odéon
195:Mademoiselle Lange
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