Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany : With Interesting Reminiscences...
ISBN: 9781108038393 | 1108038395
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 11/7/2011
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Mary Delany (née Granville, 1700-88) is best known for her cut-paper illustrations of plants - she completed nearly 1,000 of these botanical pictures. Widowed after an unhappy first marriage, she lived in London, attended court, and was a favourite of George III and Queen Charlotte. After being widowed for a second time, and at the age of 74, she began her plant illustrations: failing eyesight caused her to abandon the work in 1784. Delany knew many of the leading cultural figures of the eighteenth century, including Handel and Swift. An enthus... MORE
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