Figure 262: Mary Delany, Marianna, Delany mss (1759)

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TitleMarianna

Creator nameDelany, Mary Granville

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1759

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationThe Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsLandscape drawing, BritishLiterature in artGardens in art

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Marianna

Mark Laird (Editor), Alicia Weisberg-Roberts (Editor)

Mrs. Delany and her Circle

~Throughout the 1740s and 50s Mrs. Delany was an avid reader of contemporary novels, particularly those of Samuel Richardson, with whom she corresponded. Her most extended foray into fiction, Marianna, exhibits a mixture of...

Author

Mark Laird (Editor), Alicia Weisberg-Roberts (Editor)

PublisherYale Center for British Art

PublisherYale University Press

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00085.020

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19572&redirecttoanchor=45166

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