Mary Delany
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Mary Delany, earlier Mary Pendarves was an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her "paper-mosaicks", botanic drawing, needlework and her lively correspondence.
Portrait by John Opie, 1782.
Memorial to Mary Delany in St James's Church, Piccadilly
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Blue Stockings Society
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The Blue Stockings Society was an informal women's social and educational movement in England in the mid-18th century that emphasised education and mutual cooperation. It was founded in the early 1750
Mary Delany
…Mary Delany, earlier Mary Pendarves (née Granville; 14 May 1700 – 15 April 1788) was an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her "paper-mosaicks", botanic drawing, needlework and her lively correspondence. Mary Delany was born at Coulston, Wiltshire, the daughter…
1778 painting of the society's members, including Anna Letitia Barbauld, Elizabeth Carter, Elizabeth Griffith, Angelica Kauffmann, Charlotte Lennox, Catharine Macaulay, Elizabeth Montagu, Hannah More and Elizabeth Ann Sheridan
The centre house, 16 Royal Crescent, Bath, was used as a residence and to host Blue Stockings Society events by Elizabeth Montagu
1815 caricature of the Blue Stockings Society by Thomas Rowlandson