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    • Opening times
    • How to get here
    • What to see
    • Café
    • Donate
    • Access
    • Information for autistic visitors
    • Families
    • Group Visits
    • Abbey Quarter
    • St James' Way
    • The Great West Way
    • Your views
    • Our building history
    • Essential building maintenance
  • Collections
    • Archaeology
    • Art
    • Britain's Bayeux Tapestry
    • Natural History
    • Reading's History
    • World
    • Online Collections
    • Collections Enquiries
    • Image Enquiries
  • What's on
  • Shop
  • Blog
  • Online exhibitions
    • Reading's DIGITAL Revolution
    • Windrush Day
    • Where Do We Go From Here? - Audio Trail
    • Arctic Mirage: Words and Music
    • Oxford Road Stories
    • Oxford Road: Lifespring Stories
    • Reading's 'Little Italy'
    • Huntley & Palmers history
    • Reading Festival 1971
    • Roman Silchester: A Virtual Exhibition
    • Reading Abbey's most famous manuscript
    • VE Day
    • Oh Beautiful World
    • Animal World Art
    • Art Stories online exhibition
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Mary Middleton

Ethel Mary Middleton, 1930, Mark Symons, oil on canvas, REDMG: 2022.4.1, gift of the sitter’s family. Copyright: the artist. Photo: Reading Museum, Reading Borough Council.

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