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.

Mary Delany и ее коллажи. #herbarium #botany #seasons #nature #garden

Pisum Marinum, formerly in an album (Vol.VII, 79); Sea Pea. 1779 Collage of coloured papers, with bodycolour and watercolour, with a leaf sample, on black ink background

by Christine Cariati Mary Delany, Pancratium Maritinum, 1778 Collage of colored papers with watercolor British Museum For much of her long life, Mary Delany (1700-1788) was in many ways a typical 1…

"I have invented an new way of imitating flowers." I recently picked up a biography about a remarkable 18th century gentlewoman called Mary Delany who, in 1772, at the late, great age of 72 began to produce the most amazing paper 'mosaicks' of flowers. Noticing the resemblance between the colour of a sheet of pink paper and a geranium petal, Mrs. Delany took up her scissors and began to cut. Upon seeing them, her friend the Duchess of Portland mistook the petals for the real thing, and so…

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Mary Delany would cut small pieces of colored paper and stick them on a black background to represent each part of a botanical specimen

by Christine Cariati Mary Delany, Pancratium Maritinum, 1778 Collage of colored papers with watercolor British Museum For much of her long life, Mary Delany (1700-1788) was in many ways a typical 1…