Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany With Interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte

Name: Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany With Interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte
Price: 28.8 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781108038393

ISBN-10: 1108038395

ISBN-13: 9781108038393

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mary Delany, Augusta Hall

List price: $75.95

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $47.73

Marketplace

3 new & used from $28.80

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Mary Delany (née Granville, 1700-88) is best known for her cut-paper illustrations of plants - she completed nearly 1,000 of these botanical pictures. Widowed after an unhappy first marriage, she lived in London, attended court, and was a favourite of George III and Queen Charlotte. After being widowed for a second time, and at the age of 74, she began her plant illustrations: failing eyesight caused her to abandon the work in 1784. Delany knew many of the leading cultural figures of the eighteenth century, including Handel and Swift. An enthusiastic correspondent, she wrote and received hundreds of letters, which were edited by her great-great-niece, Lady Llanover (1802-96). Published in…

Book details

List price: $75.95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/8/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 626
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English




January, 1781ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½December, 1785


Appendix


Index


Errata