293 Thomas Lawrence, Portrait of Mrs Delany, 1786–8,...

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Description: Portrait of Mrs Delany, born Granville

TitlePortrait of Mrs Delany, born Granville

Creator nameLawrence, ThomasHoppner, JohnOpie, JohnDance, George

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern); British (modern); British (modern); British (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1780–1788

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPencil on brown paper

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O133568/portrait-of-mrs-delany-born-drawing-hoppner-john-ra/

Accession numberE.580-1929

SubjectsPortrait drawing, British--18th centuryWomen--PortraitsWomen artists

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6. Virtù: The Natural Pleasures of Mary Delany at the Duchess of Portland’s Bulstrode

Mark Laird

A Natural History of English Gardening: 1650–1800

Edmund Burke called Mrs Delany (née Mary Granville, 1700–1788) ‘the highest bred woman in the world, and the woman of fashion of all ages’.Quoted in Ruth Hayden, Mrs Delany and her Flower Collages, 2nd edn (London: British Museum Press, 1992), 129, citing what Dr Johnson heard Edmund Burke say. See also Lady Llanover, ed., The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany, 6 vols (London: Bentley, 1861–2), V, 12. Already recognized in her own times, she continued to attract admirers after Lady Llanover brought out a complete ‘autobiography and correspondence’ in the...

Author

Mark Laird

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.267-325

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-32116&redirecttoanchor=110427

Chapter subject tags:Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788Gardens, English--History--18th centuryWomen artists--Great Britain--18th centuryBotanical illustration--England--18th centuryArt and natural history--Great Britain--History--18th centuryBulstrode (England)Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809

Introduction (1): Mrs. Delany from Source to Subject

Alicia Weisberg-Roberts

Mrs. Delany and her Circle

The subject of this book, and the exhibition that it accompanies, was born Mary Granville on 14 May 1700 at Coulston, Wiltshire, and died Mary Delany on 15 April...

Author

Alicia Weisberg-Roberts

PublisherYale Center for British Art

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.1-16

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00085.004

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Chapter subject tags:Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th centuryArt and natural history--Great Britain--History--18th centuryCollage, English--18th centuryWomen artists--Great Britain--18th centuryBotanical illustration--England--18th century

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