Started this book and for anyone interested in history and art forms, you should seek this out. And goes to show, it's never too late -
In the late 18th century, the twice-widowed Mary Delany created nearly a
thousand breathtakingly beautiful and intricate paper “mosaicks” of
flowers. Glued onto black backgrounds, they were not only stunning but
also botanically precise. Mrs. D., as her latest biographer, the poet
Molly Peacock, sometimes calls her, began this project in her early 70s
and only stopped roughly 10 years later, in 1783, when her eyesight
declined. Today the collages reside in the British Museum. |
2 comments:
that looks pretty neat
Tom - it's an amazing story and the famous people she was related to at that time period makes for an extra special read = Cheers!
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