ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Explore the database of all the people associated with the Pitt Rivers English collections. This gives information about their lives; their education, careers, place of residence, and their network of friends and colleagues. Select the first letter of their surname from the list below.

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Individual's Details

Mary French

Career Unknown

Biography Sister of Beatrice Mary Blackwood. Donated her sister's collections to the PRM after death. [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 05/12/2006]

County Northamptonshire / London [Greater] / Oxfordshire

Relationship PRM Source

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Dates active Unknown, active 1976

Donated around 1976

English collections Pins given as change, tokens, oval piece of cardboard cut to make a "shadow face of Christ", paper sheet describing hand-shadows and how to make them, box of matches, grandfather clock, gold chain, brooches, sampler

Oxford Uni Education Unknown

Oxford based Unknown

English collection size 14

Connections Beatrice Blackwood / Bryant and May / F. Cape and Co., The Great Cash Drapers. / Mullord Bros.