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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/1/3/61
Former Reference	D3311/83/13
Title	Letter from John Richardson Reynolds to Henry Willingham Gell, on the portrait of Sir John Franklin by Phillips and other painters
Date	19 Feb 1932
Description	He has not seen any reference to the portraits referred to in his letter; he is uncertain to which portrait in the N.P.G. is meant; he asks whether there are two by Phillips; one he knows best has Sir John in a choker, looking to his left, with no uniform or medals, part of the Cracroft Bequest, a pair to the portrait of his own grandfather, painted and exhibited in 1825, the latter being at Haslar; does he refer to the portrait on page 88 in his sister-in-law's book [Franklin''s Bride by Edith M. Gell]; the picture reproduced in "The Arctic Council" is by Negelen, the only one he can remember is by Jackson; if Gell is acquiring the new pictre, could he have a photograph. References to Mrs Burton leaving the "Nelson" ring to Greenwich: the death of his aunt, widow of General Richardson, at Spilsby at beginning of year; the male line of the Richardson dying out: acquisition of watch presented to Hepburn by Rev. Hood in memory of his bravery on the first Franklin expedition; anxious to obtain any Arctic books, as his grandftaher left hardly any. PS: he supposes the Austen-Leigh in the Time today has some conenction with the Lefroys; is Mrs Clements still alive.
Extent	2 sheets
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Richardson Reynolds
Sender Location	52 St Johns Park, Blackheath, S.E. 3
Recipient	Henry Wilingham Gell, MA, MD
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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