Mary Berry [ Art and Literature ]
… Walpole's correspondence, and authored two plays as well as historiographical works. She met a large number of literati, artists, and politicians and cultivated friendships with Walpole, the sculptor Anne Damer, and the playwright Joanna … Although ‘no great celebrity’ 1 , Berry, like other salonnières, knew a large number of literati, politicians, and artists, and through her sheer longevity, remained a decades-long presence in London's society. That, like other women … Press, 1999), p. 91-124. 13 . See a recent study: Jonathan David Gross, The Life of Anne Damer: Portrait of a Regency Artist (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014). 14 . For a recent fictional evaluation of their friendship, see Emma Donoghue, …
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