The Mary Hamilton Papers : Paper bookmark in the shape of a heart

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The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Paper bookmark in the shape of a heart. Originally catalogued together with MS Eng 1778 1a.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>It looks as if the bookmark might have been cut from a sheet containing part of Mary Delany's family tree, just like a whole series of bookmarks in the archive. Most are heart-shaped but have an arrow shape drawn on them in pencil (MS Eng 1778 20a, MS Eng 1778 24a, MS Eng 1778 52a, MS Eng 1778 59a, MS Eng 1778 62a [2 hearts], MS Eng 1778 159a); one is actually cut out in as an arrow shape (MS Eng 1778 56a). Whether Delany herself, famously gifted at working with paper, was responsible for making them, is unknown.</p>

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