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a longtime friend and fellow artist (1) a sheep (2) Anna arranges an American-style Christmas pageant at a local primary school in By. This was a small school that Rosa and Nathalie had established so that the children of the village would be spared the long ride to and from Thomery twice a day (1) Critica letteraria (1) Documentos (1) Germain (3) Germain marries sister of the artist Ulysée Besnard. They have no children (1) Juliette teaches at the Girl's Drawing School (2) Nathalie better educated than Rosa. Her letters show literary flair. A competent artist. She dabbled in science and even in mechanics – one of her most famous inventions was a railroad brake. In spite of the fact that she tried often to demonstrate it (1) of which Rosa was the directress (2) P19 (2) P20 (5) P21 (5) P22 (2) P24 (3) P25 (5) P27 (14) P28 (4) P29 (5) P30 (4) P31 (3) P32 (2) P34 (3) P35 (6) P36 (2) P37 (3) P38 (2) p39-40. (2) P40 (2) P41 (6) P42 (6) P43 (2) P44 (3) P45 (4) P46 (3) Rosa could never have devoted her life to painting. Nathalie was her first line of defense against the outside world but this did alienate other members of Rosa’s family. Nathalie was a jealous and possessive woman and family members had to figure out w (1) Rosa is given a Catholic funeral at the church in Thomery. Then her body was transferred to Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and she was buried beside Nathalie in the Micases’ vault. On her tombstone is written (1) she could not sell it because people could not bring themselves to believe that a woman could invent a functioning mechanical device like a railroad brake. Later a man added an insignificant flourish and sold it and made money. Nathalie also studied medic (1) she repainted the trees and parts of the sky and that is why the picture has two dates 1853 and 1855 (2) Some members of the family file a lawsuit disputing the will (1)