A day at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, 2012. Presented by Bettany Hughes, Writer and Historian. Produced by Eye to Eye Television www.eyetoeyetv.co.uk/ and filmed in 2012.
What a pity that no-one who knows has bothered to reply! I've looked this up to check the facts. The museum opened in 1683, was based on the vast collection of Elias Ashmole, (1617-1692) and another collection donated by his friend, John Tradescant (1608-1662), after whose father John (1570-1638) a plant is named, tradescantia. The father was gardener to Charles I. (All facts gleaned from The Oxford Reference Dictionary.) They're both very uncommon names, aren't they? I haven't heard of any other Ashmoles or Tradescants.
Bettany, you're hot! What do you think of Egypt / Dr Hawas almost demanding their antiquities be returned to them?🤔 Have other countries requested their "property" be returned? Thanks 😉
Paradoxically, a region is more renown if its artefacts are spread around the world, rather than kept in one place. It is also a safety factor against regional conflicts and terror attacks.
Ms Hughes says,,,the Countess of Carnarvon is giving a talk on her ancestors role in the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, I presume the ancestor was her grandfather The talk would be short,,,four words,,,he provided the money, What about Howard Carter,,a two day talk would be too short, As Kenneth Clark said,,,the English aristocracy were as ignorant as swans What an insult to swans, How the English love a Lord
Ashmolean, It shows a fine tolerance on your part not to have wiped my acerbic note, My admiration for The Ashmolean Ms Hughes and H, Carter is boundless, I lived in Oxford once,,I miss the High St, toffee shop, I failed to meet Olga Pasternak, Are there any Ashmolean anecdotes about her?, My love is archaic Attic red figure vases, Are all Beazleys notes at the O,C,R,C,,,or do you have some? God,,I miss the toffee and the pubs
