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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/GHW/1/3/39 |
| Former Reference | D3311/83/40 |
| Title | Draft of letter from John Philip Gell to Messrs Rickards, on his decision not to pursue the matter any further |
| Date | 14 Mar 1892 |
| Description | Receipt of letter of 11 March; he had always supposed the protrait belonged to Sir John Franklin but could not prove it until he found the cheque a few months earlier; he was refused access to Sir John's papers in 1855 and the pount was not cleared up then; he never really believed Lady Franklin's statement about buying it with her own money; after Miss Cracroft's last letter, it has been drifting into an attack on Lady Jane's veracity and he cannot bring himself to pursue in that way; he was her spiritual comforter in her latter days and chief mourner at her grave. PS: it would be satisfying to know who sold the picture in 1848; it has crossed his mind to warn the National Portraits Trustees to find out who she bought it from, but he will value Rickards' advice on this and other points. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | John Philip Gell |
| Sender Location | Buxted |
| Recipient | Rickards and Son |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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