Adam Sisman
More Than Just A Pair Of Legs
SHE WAS, MANY believed, the most beautiful woman in England. And one of the most fascinating. At her peak, in the 1 780s, all London was at her feet; after her death in 1800, she would be described as 'the most interesting woman of her age '.
Mary Darby was born in Bristol in 1 758 - or possibly a few years earlier; like many actresses, she was fuzzy about her age . Her father was a merchant, who spent much o f his time abroad. The combination of an absent father and an indulgent mother proved
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'The early successes were down to his practical involvement in almost every aspect of the process and his relentless enthusiasm for experimenting with glazes, clays, bodies and methods.'
Sarah Watling on Josiah Wedgwood.
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