Mrs. Delany & her circle /

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Imprint:	New Haven : Yale Center for British Art ; London : Sir John Soane's Museum ; New Haven : In association with Yale University Press, c2009.
Description:	xi, 283 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Delany, -- Mrs. -- (Mary), -- 1700-1788 -- Knowledge and learning -- Exhibitions. Delany, -- Mrs. -- (Mary), -- 1700-1788 -- Friends and associates -- Exhibitions. Delany, -- Mrs. -- (Mary), -- 1700-1788. Friendship. Intellectual life. Learning and scholarship. Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century -- Exhibitions. Great Britain. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7845647

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Varying Form of Title:	Mrs. Delany and her circle
Other authors / contributors:	Laird, Mark. Weisberg-Roberts, Alicia. Yale Center for British Art. Sir John Soane's Museum. Fitzwilliam Museum.
ISBN:	9780300142792 (alk. paper) 030014279X (alk. paper)
Notes:	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. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of 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.

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