Mrs Delany

Mrs Delany was a member of the Bluestocking Brigade in 18th century Britain. She produced the most amazing emboridery, producing such fine deatil for the clothings of the royal court, but when her eyesight went she started to produce pictures out of paper, with the most immense detail. She was almost a botanist, inspired by images that famous Botanists of that time such as Ehret, Lightfoot and Miler brought back from their travels. Her scissor skills were the most detailed, later on producing silohette paper cut outs of domestic lifes