Book ID: CBB001231284

Mrs. Delany and Her Circle (2009)

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


Yale Center for British Art


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: xi + 283 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the scientific and artistic work of this 18th-century Irish artist-collector. Includes:


Reviewed By

Essay Review Martin, Alison E. (2011) Society, Creativity, and Science: Mrs. Delany and the Art of Botany. Eighteenth-Century Life (pp. 102-107). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Zytaruk, Maria (2009) Mary Delany: Epistolary Utterances, Cabinet Spaces, and Natural History. In: Mrs. Delany and Her Circle. unapi

Chapter Neri, Janice (2009) Mrs. Delany's Natural History and Zoological Activities: “A Beautiful Mixture of Pretty Objects”. In: Mrs. Delany and Her Circle. unapi

Chapter Edmondson, John (2009) Novelty in Nomenclature: The Botanical Horizons of Mary Delany. In: Mrs. Delany and Her Circle. unapi

Chapter Ford, Lisa (2009) A Progress in Plants: Mrs. Delany's Botanical Sources. In: Mrs. Delany and Her Circle. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Harvey, Eleanor Jones
Sues, Hans-Dieter
Baadj, Nadia
Russell, Sharman Apt
Francis, Patricia
Shea, William R.
Concepts
Natural history
Naturalists
Collectors and collecting
Botany
Biographies
Science and art
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
16th century
Early modern
Places
Great Britain
United States
United Kingdom
Atlantic world
Antwerp
Bath (England)
Institutions
Oxford Botanic Garden
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Habsburg, House of
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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