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Mrs. Delany & her circle

Title
Mrs. Delany & her circle / edited by Mark Laird & Alicia Weisberg-Roberts.
Publication
New Haven : Yale Center for British Art ; London : Sir John Soane's Museum ; New Haven : in association with Yale University Press, ©2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Laird, Mark
  • Weisberg-Roberts, Alicia
  • Yale Center for British Art.
  • Sir John Soane's Museum.
  • Fitzwilliam Museum.
Description
xi, 283 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 30 cm
Alternative Title
Mrs. Delany and her circle
Subject
  • Delany, Mrs. 1700-1788 > Knowledge and learning > Exhibitions
  • Delany, Mrs. 1700-1788 > Friends and associates > Exhibitions
  • Delany, Mrs. 1700-1788
  • 1700-1799
  • Botanical illustration > Great Britain > History > 18th century
  • Friendship
  • Intellectual life
  • Learning and scholarship
  • Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century > Exhibitions
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
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.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index.
Contents
Mrs. Delany & the court / Clarissa Campbell-Orr -- Mary Delany's embroidered court dress / Clare Browne -- Dressing for court : sartorial politics & fashion news in the age of Mary Delany / Hannah Greig -- The theory & practice of female accomplishment / Amanda Vickery -- Mrs. Delany's paintings & drawings : adorning Aspasia's closet / Kim Sloan -- Mary Delany : epistolary utterances, cabinet spaces, & natural history / Maria Zytaruk -- Mrs. Delany's circles of cutting & embroidering in home & garden / Mark Laird -- Mrs. Delany's natural history & 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 & her circle / Kohleen Reeder -- An intimate and intricate mosaic : Mary Delany & her use of paper / Peter Bower.
Call Number
JQF 22-487
ISBN
  • 9780300142792
  • 030014279X
LCCN
  • 2009024157
  • 99937935350
OCLC
317471755
Title
Mrs. Delany & her circle / edited by Mark Laird & Alicia Weisberg-Roberts.
Imprint
New Haven : Yale Center for British Art ; London : Sir John Soane's Museum ; New Haven : in association with Yale University Press, ©2009.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index.
Chronological Term
1700-1799
Added Author
Laird, Mark
Weisberg-Roberts, Alicia
Yale Center for British Art.
Sir John Soane's Museum.
Fitzwilliam Museum.
Other Form:
Online version: Mrs. Delany & her circle. New Haven : Yale Center for British Art ; London : Sir John Soane's Museum ; New Haven : In association with Yale University Press, ©2009 (OCoLC)665225444
Other Standard Identifier
99937935350
Research Call Number
JQF 22-487
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