Biography, art history, botanical study - none of these terms do sufficient justice to Molly Peacock's expansive, lyrical and thoroughly readable account of the life of Mary Granville Pendarves Delany (1700-1788). Over a period of ten years, Delany created nearly a thousand cut-paper botanical images of flowers from all over the world. Living in a period of intense botanical … Continue reading The Paper Garden: Mrs Delany [Begins Her Life’s Work] at 72