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Mary Delany later Mary Pendarves (née Granville; 14 May 1700 – 15 April 1788) was an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, [1] known for her "paper-mosaicks" and botanic drawing, needlework and her lively correspondence.
Belle's father Sir John Lindsay. Dido Elizabeth Belle was born into slavery in 1761 [3] in the British West Indies to an enslaved African woman known as Maria Belle. (Her name was spelled as Maria Bell in Dido's baptism record.) [4] Her father was 24-year-old Sir John Lindsay, a member of the Lindsay of Evelix branch of the Clan Lindsay, who was a career naval officer and then captain of the ...
Samuel Scott (1702–1770) – British landscape painter; James Seymour (c.1702–1752) – English painter especially of equestrian art; William Hoare (c.1707–1792) – English painter especially of pastels; Francis Hayman (1708–1776) – English painter, illustrator, and one of the founding members of the Royal Academy
Early New England Puritan funerary art conveys a practical attitude towards 17th-century mortality; death was an ever-present reality of life, [1] and their funerary traditions and grave art provide a unique insight into their views on death. The minimalist decoration and lack of embellishment of the early headstone designs reflect the British ...
Carys Nally - BBC News, West of England October 26, 2024 at 9:39 AM Autumn has arrived in Wiltshire, and people across the county are wrapping up warm and getting outside to experience nature's ...
Elisabeth Pickering (c. 1510–1562) was an English printer, the first woman in England to print books under her maiden name. [41] Mary Clark (est. by 1650 – after 1697) was a 17th-century printer and publisher who operated on Aldersgate Street, London, from 1677 to 1696.
British Women Romantic Poets - an electronic collection of texts for the period (1789–1832). The Brown University Women Writers Project Emphasis is on pre-Victorian women writers. A Celebration of Women Writers - A major focus of this site is the development of on-line editions of older, often rare, out-of-copyright works.
The oldest surviving British art includes Stonehenge from around 2600 BC, and tin and gold works of art produced by the Beaker people from around 2150 BC. The La Tène style of Celtic art reached the British Isles rather late, no earlier than about 400 BC, and developed a particular "Insular Celtic" style seen in objects such as the Battersea Shield, and a number of bronze mirror-backs ...