| Description | The only chance of success lay in proving Lady Franklin made a false statement in 1855, which, if succesful, even then might not have been enough, given the lapse of so many years; they see no reason to communicate with the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery; if the Gell family could not have the portrait, the most satsifactory possessors would be the Nation, and any hint of questionable title might mean it was declined. |
| Sender Location | 2 Crown Court, Old Broad Street, London, EC |