If Instagram had been a thing back in 1772, Mary Delany might have posted a reel sharing her new technique for making botanically-accurate paper flowers.  Instead, she shared her new artwork with her family, friends and, eventually, an illustrious network of botanists and royalty.  “In the autumn of 1772, she wrote to her niece, modestly stating: ‘I have invented a new way of imitating flowers, I’ll send you next time I write one for a sample.” reports author Ruth Hayden in her book Mrs Delany: Her Life and her Flowers.