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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - GHW - Records of Henry Willingham Gell - 1855-1938
    - 1 - Correspondence of Henry Willingham Gell, including material relating to Sir John Franklin and topics of related historical or genealogical interest - 1855-1938
      - 3 - Correspondence gathered together by Henry Willingham Gell relating to the painting of John Franklin by Thomas Phillips, including correspondence on the attempt by John Philip Gell to recover the painting, involving Sophy Cracroft, who denied his claim, and his solicitors Rickards and Sons - 1855-1933

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/GHW/1/3/44
Former Reference	D3311/83/70
Title	Letter from W.W. Bagshawe to Philip Lyttelton Gell, relating to portraits in the National Portrait Gallery
Date	17 Jul 1913
Description	Thanks for cheque for £10 10 shillings for copy of the portrait of Sir John Franklin in the National Portrait Gallery; three was no portrait of Sir John Gell, only an 18th century sketch of Sir William Gell; there is a ballad about Sir John Gell in the "Reliquary" or "Derbyshire Ballads" of Llewellyn Jewitt, which might have reproduced a portrait of him; there is a copy of the engraving among a collection of Derbyshire portraits formed by his late father Benjamin Bagshawe of Sheffield.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	W.W. Bagshawe
Sender Location	24 Lawrence Street, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, S.W.
Recipient	Philip Lyttleton Gell
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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