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Mrs. Delany paper mosaic Mary Delany, Botanical Collage, Paper Mosaic, Botanical Drawings, Plant Illustration, Poppy Flower, Counted Cross Stitch Patterns, Red Poppies, Botanical Illustration

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Artists Who Started Late in Life: Mary Delany

This is the story of an artist who didn’t begin her art till after her husband passed and she had free time on her hands. She was 71 and created Paper Mosaik botanical specimens: Mary Delany.

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Vintage Japanese Botanical Illustration, Mary Delany Botanical Prints, Medieval Botanical Illustration, Mary Delany, Dogwood Botanical Illustration, Historical Botanical Illustration, Botanical Collage, Ink Background, The British Museum

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Recto Lavatera Trimestris (Monodelphia Polyandria), from an album (Vol.VI, 4). 1774 Collage of coloured papers, with bodycolour and watercolour, on black ink background © The Trustees of the British Museum

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| Content in a Cottage Mary Delany, Botanical Collage, Paper Mosaic, Scientific Illustration, Passion Flower, Botanical Drawings, British Art, Counted Cross Stitch Patterns, Paper Collage

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18th Century Paper Cut Flower by Mary Delaney

via Cut paper collage by Mary Delaney, English, 1700-1788. She began making these lovely intricate paper flowers when she was 70. It's never too late to start being awesome, is it? xo Be sure to click on the link with her name -- her biography is fascinating reading!

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Poinciana Pulcherrima (Decandria Monogynia), formerly in an album (Vol.VII, 83); Barbados flowerfence. 1778 Collage of coloured papers, with bodycolour and watercolour, on black ink background

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18th Century Paper Flowers: Mary Delany

I was turned onto the incredible paper-tissue botanical creations by Mary Delany by a kindred fab florist friend and I was immediately smitten. Even more so when I learned that Mrs. Delany was in h…

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An 18th-Century “Sapphist”’s Sexy Garden - JSTOR Daily

The 18th-century "sapphist" gardens of Mary Granville Pendarves Delany were piquant places that expressed same-sex desires.

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Another month ticks over and we have another member promotion delivering free goodies! The first twenty people to take out a membership in November will receive a FREE copy of The Paper Garden: Mrs Delany begins her life's work at 72 It’s a rollicking good read and tells the Mary Granville Pendarves Delany (1700–1788) who picked up the scissors and ran with it at the at the ripe old age of 72 to create a whole new artform of mixed media collage. Here's our exclusive interview with the author…

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Papaver Rheus, formerly in an album (Vol.VII, 47); Common Corn Poppy. 1779 Collage of coloured papers, with bodycolour and watercolour, on black ink background

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Mary Delany – What Next?

Posts about Mary Delany written by maryloudriedger

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A new exhibition at Tate Britain celebrates the overlooked and unknown women artists in Britain including a selection of remarkable women botanical illustrators and floral artists. 🖼️🖌️🎨 Mary Delany, Crinum Asiaticum, 1780. © Courtesy The British Museum. Crinum Asiaticum, Mary Delany, Floral Artists, Tate Britain, Women Artists, The British Museum, Garden Inspired, British Museum, Female Artists

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A new exhibition at Tate Britain celebrates the overlooked and unknown women artists in Britain including a selection of remarkable women botanical illustrators and floral artists. 🖼️🖌️🎨 Mary Delany, Crinum Asiaticum, 1780. © Courtesy The British Museum.

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