The Paper Garden: An Artist (Begins Her Life’s Work) at 72

By Molly Peacock. Publisher: Bloomsbury

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Poet Peacock marvels over the remarkable life of English artist Mary Granville Pendarves Delany (1700–1788) and her “flower mosaiks,” exquisitely detailed paper botanical collages, in this exalted inquiry into creativity.

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9781608195237

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