Letter (incomplete) from Mary Frances Gell to her brother Henry Willingham Gell, on her knowledge of the Phillips portrait of their grandfather The one in the N.P.G. was painted by T. Phillips as a wedding present to E.A.F. [Eleanor Anne Franklin]; the W. Kays (her sister) had it until Sir John and his second wife set up house, c.1835; by consent Lady Franklin kept it when the Chancery distribution took place, to be kept separate from the "Arctic Gallery" collection which Lady Franklin paid for out of her own money; on Lady Franklin's death there was dispute on ownership, with Sophy Cracroft sending them to the N.P.G. in her own name, "the Father consenting"; as to a replica, she had an idea that Richardson, Franklin and Back had portraits painted for each other, but does not know if they were by Phillips; the one alluded to in "J.F.'s Bride" [book by Edith Gell] is the one by Jackman, annexed by the Austen Leighs when Sophy died, which used to hang in their house. 25 Nov 1931