Letter from Rickards and Son to John Philip Gell, on the discovery of a letter of Gell's wife on the whereabouts of the Phillips portrait in May 1849 Clear it was in the house of Mr Griffin, Lady Franklin's father in May 1849; he may have had charge of it on behalf of Sir John's wife, being one of the executors, who died before the will was proved; Mr Sellwood appeared to be the only executor, to whom Lady Franklin may have proved ownership; he suggests Gell writes to Miss Cracroft to tell about the discovery of the letter; he encloses a draft Gell should copy and use; it may get her to show her hand in the hope of avoidng expensive litigation. 29 Feb 1892