Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… Art Gallery. Image Mary Delany by John Opie, NPG 1030. Abstract Mary Delany (1700-1788) has remained famous for her correspondence and her flower collages. Her life also provides a perfect illustration of a woman seeking participation to … organize her own assemblies. People > Art and Literature Practices > Reading & Writing Keywords Assemblies Bluestockings Correspondence Court Ireland Propriety Women Mary Delany (1700-1788) was born Mary Granville and educated so as to become … (88). Two years after leaving Ireland, she still missed those weekly meetings and expressed it in her prolonged correspondence with Swift. 2 1 . Newport (Wales), Newport Reference Library, Mrs Delany’s Letters, 10 vols, vol. 1, p. …
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