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Introduction (2): Mrs. Delany and Compassing the Circle: The Essays Introduced
Mark Laird
Description: Mrs. Delany and her Circle
Mrs. Delany and her Circle
The twelve essays in Mrs. Delany and her Circle range widely but all contribute to an understanding of the mantua petticoat representing the first half of Mary’s life, and the “paper mosaicks” that are the crowning achievement of the second. In planning the exhibition, we...
Author
Mark Laird
PublisherYale Center for British Art
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2009 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.29-38
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00085.006
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19558
Chapter subject tags:Women artists--Great Britain--18th centuryBotanical illustration--England--18th centuryGardens, English, in art--18th centuryClothing and dress--Great Britain--18th centuryArt and natural history--Great Britain--History--18th centuryDelany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788

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Introduction (2): Mrs. Delany and Compassing the Circle: The Essays Introduced