259 Artist unknown, The Revd John Lightfoot, undated, oil on...

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TitleThe Revd John Lightfoot

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator rolePainter

Creation dateUndated

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationThe Linnean Society of London

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Accession numberC12939

SubjectsPortrait painting--18th centuryMen--PortraitsBotanists

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6. Virtù: The Natural Pleasures of Mary Delany at the Duchess of Portland’s Bulstrode

Mark Laird

A Natural History of English Gardening: 1650–1800

Edmund Burke called Mrs Delany (née Mary Granville, 1700–1788) ‘the highest bred woman in the world, and the woman of fashion of all ages’.Quoted in Ruth Hayden, Mrs Delany and her Flower Collages, 2nd edn (London: British Museum Press, 1992), 129, citing what Dr Johnson heard Edmund Burke say. See also Lady Llanover, ed., The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany, 6 vols (London: Bentley, 1861–2), V, 12. Already recognized in her own times, she continued to attract admirers after Lady Llanover brought out a complete ‘autobiography and correspondence’ in the...

Author

Mark Laird

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.267-325

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Chapter subject tags:Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788Gardens, English--History--18th centuryWomen artists--Great Britain--18th centuryBotanical illustration--England--18th centuryArt and natural history--Great Britain--History--18th centuryBulstrode (England)Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809

9. Novelty in Nomenclature: The Botanical Horizons of Mary Delany

John Edmondson

Mrs. Delany and her Circle

Horace Walpole, the fourth Earl of Orford, was loaned a copy of William Gilpin’s Remarks on Forest Scenery by Mrs. Delany in January 1782.William Gilpin, Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views (Relative Chiefly to...

Author

John Edmondson

PublisherYale Center for British Art

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.188-202

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00085.015

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Chapter subject tags:Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788Botanical illustration--England--18th centuryPaper work, British--18th centuryCollage, English--18th centuryWomen artists--Great Britain--18th centuryLinné, Carl von, 1707-1778Art and natural history--Great Britain--History--18th century

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