Mrs. Delany & her circle
By: edited by Mark Laird & Alicia Weisberg-Roberts
Contributors: Yale Center for British Art; Sir John Soane's Museum; Fitzwilliam Museum
Publisher: Yale Center for British Art; Sir John Soane's Museum; In association with Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven; London; New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780300142792
Other titles: Mrs. Delany and her circle
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 (p. 263-266) and index.
Table of contents: title: Mrs. Delany & the court / Clarissa Campbell-Orr; title: Mary Delany's embroidered court dress / Clare Browne; title: Dressing for court : sartorial politics & fashion news in the age of Mary Delany / Hannah Greig; title: The theory & practice of female accomplishment / Amanda Vickery; title: Mrs. Delany's paintings & drawings : adorning Aspasia's closet / Kim Sloan; title: Mary Delany : epistolary utterances, cabinet spaces, & natural history / Maria Zytaruk; title: Mrs. Delany's circles of cutting & embroidering in home & garden / Mark Laird; title: Mrs. Delany's natural history & zoological activities : "a beautiful mixture of pretty objects" / Janice Neri; title: Novelty in nomenclature : the botanical horizons of Mary Delany / John Edmondson; title: A progress in plants : Mrs. Delany's botanical sources / Lisa Ford; title: The "paper mosaick" practice of Mrs. Delany & her circle / Kohleen Reeder; title: An intimate and intricate mosaic : Mary Delany & her use of paper / Peter Bower.