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Title:

Mrs. Delany & her circle / edited by Mark Laird & Alicia Weisberg-Roberts.

Publisher:

In association with Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xi, 283 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 30 cm.

Subject:

Delany,--Mrs--(Mary),--1700-1788--Knowledge and learning--Exhibitions.
Delany,--Mrs--(Mary),--1700-1788--Friends and associates--Exhibitions.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century--Exhibitions.

Other Authors:

Laird, Mark.
Weisberg-Roberts, Alicia.
Yale Center for British Art.
Sir John Soane's Museum.
Fitzwilliam Museum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-266) and index. 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:

Introduction (2): Peter Bower. Introduction (1): Intimate and intricate mosaic : Mary Delany & her use of paper / Alicia Weisberg-Roberts -- Theater of Mrs. Delany's collages -- Introduction (2): Mrs. Delany & compassing the circle : the essays introduced / Mark Laird -- 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 -- 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 -- Progress in plants : Mrs. Delany's botanical sources / Lisa Ford -- "Paper mosaick" practice of Mrs. Delany & her circle / Kohleen Reeder -- Intimate and intricate mosaic : Mary Delany & her use of paper / Peter Bower.

ISBN:

030014279X (alk. paper)
9780300142792 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317471755

LCCN:

2009024157

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)