page_title: Mary Delany
section_title: Later life
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Delany / Later life
caption_attribution_description: English: A memorial to Mary Delaney in St James's Church, Piccadilly.
context_page_description: Mary Delany was an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her "paper-mosaicks" and botanic drawing, needlework and her lively correspondence.
context_section_description: As a widow, Mary Delany spent even more of her time at Bulstrode, the home of her close friend, Margaret Bentinck, Dowager Duchess of Portland. The two shared an interest in botany, often going out to look for specific specimens.  It was during her frequent stays at Bulstrode that Mary became acquainted with two well-known botanists of the time: Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander.  This contact with the botanists encouraged Mary's interest in botany and also developed the knowledge on which many of her flower paper-cuttings are based.
  Mary Delaney died on 15 April 1788. There is a memorial to her in St James's Church, Piccadilly.
caption: A memorial to Mary Delaney in St James's Church, Piccadilly.
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