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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/GHW/1/3/52 |
| Former Reference | D3311/83/11 |
| Title | Letter (incomplete) from Mary Frances Gell to her brother Henry Willingham Gell, on her knowledge of the Phillips portrait of their grandfather |
| Date | 25 Nov 1931 |
| Description | 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. |
| Extent | 2 sheets |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | Mary Frances Gell |
| Sender Location | Keyhaven |
| Recipient | Henry Willingham Gell |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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