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- Creator:
- Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 75
- Image Count:
- 87
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in multiple hands, of 51 letters from Delany to her friend, Mary (Hamilton) Dickenson; several of them have been annotated by Dickenson. Some of the letters are in Delany's hand; others are in the hand of her niece Georgina Mary Anne Port...
- Description:
- Mary Delany (1700-1788), courtier and artist, married Alexander Pendarves (1660-1725) in 1718. After his death in 1725, she lived in London, going to court functions, the opera, and the theater. She made many important friendships during this time,...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Delany, Mrs. 1700-1788. (Mary),, Delany, Mrs. 1700-1788 (Mary),, and Dickenson, Mary Hamilton, 1756-1816.
- Subject (Topic):
- Letters, Women authors, Court and courtiers, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Delany correspondence, 1780-1788
