Mrs Delany: A Life Clarissa Campbell Orr Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Theatre

The First Comprehensive Biography Of Mary Granville Delany—The Artist And Court Insider Whose Flower Collages In Particular Continue To Inspire Widespread Admiration “Biographer Clarissa Campbell Orr Immerses You Minutiae Mary’s Life ”—Constance Craig-Smith Daily Mail Delany (1700–1788) Perhaps Best Known Simply As Mrs Is Remembered For Her Captivating Paper Flowers But Artistic Flourishing Came Late This Nuanced Deeply Researched Pulls Back Lens Place Delany’s Art Broader Context Family Relationships With Royalty Endeavor Live An Independent Woman A Noted Authority On Eighteenth Century Charts Development From Young At Heart Elite Circles Beloved Godmother Celebrated Collagist Traces Varied Connections Fostered Throughout Which Influenced Intellectual Development: She Was Friends Prominent Figures Such Methodist Leader John Wesley Composer G F Handel Writer Jonathan Swift England’s Leading Patron Science Margaret Bentinck Duchess Portland Reveals Its Subject Be Far More Than Widow Befriended By George Iii Queen Charlotte Instead Restored Proper Era’s Aristocratic Society –And Ground-Breaking Σελίδες: 448 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0910 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm