| Description |
xi, 283 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index. |
| Note |
Publication to accompany an exhibition organised by the Yale Center for British Art in association with Sir John Soane's Museum, London, which will be on view at the Yale Center for British Art, Sept. 24, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 and at Sir John Soane's Museum, Feb. 18-May 1, 2010. |
| Contents |
Mrs. Delany and the court / Clarissa Campbell-Orr -- Mary Delany's embroidered court dress / Clare Browne -- Dressing for court : sartorial politics and fashion news in the age of Mary Delany / Hannah Greig -- The theory and practice of female accomplishment / Amanda Vickery -- Mrs. Delany's paintings and drawings : adorning Aspasia's closet / Kim Sloan -- Mary Delany : epistolary utterances, cabinet spaces, and natural history / Maria Zytaruk -- Mrs. Delany's circles of cutting and embroidering in home and garden / Mark Laird -- Mrs. Delany's natural history and zoological activities : "a beautiful mixture of pretty objects" / Janice Neri -- Novelty in nomenclature : the botanical horizons of Mary Delany / John Edmondson -- A progress in plants : Mrs. Delany's botanical sources / Lisa Ford -- The "paper mosaick" practice of Mrs. Delany and her circle / Kohleen Reeder -- An intimate and intricate mosaic : Mary Delany and her use of paper / Peter Bower. |
| Subject |
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788 -- Knowledge and learning -- Exhibitions.
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Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788 -- Friends and associates -- Exhibitions.
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Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Laird, Mark.
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Weisberg-Roberts, Alicia.
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Yale Center for British Art.
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Sir John Soane's Museum.
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Fitzwilliam Museum.
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| Added Title |
Mrs. Delany and her circle |
| ISBN |
9780300142792 (alk. paper) |
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030014279X (alk. paper) |
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