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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/1/3/45
Former Reference	D3311/83/69
Title	Draft incomplete letter from Philip Lyttleton Gell to Lady Lyons, on his visiting the National Portrait Gallery to see a copy of a portrait of Sir John Franklin and seeing a portrait of Lord Lyons near it
Date	[Jul 1913]
Description	For £10 10 shillings his copyist Mr Bagshawe has given him a quite excellent reproduction of his grandfather; he thought she might be interested in securing a copy of Lord Lyons for Kilvrough [family home in Glamorgan]. Marked with later notes that it was the small oil painting hanging in the Morning Room and that the letter related to the Franklin portrait at Hopton.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Philip Lyttelton Gell
Sender Location	Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Recipient	Lady Lyons
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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