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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
  - LIB - Printed volumes and other printed material, mostly on Sir John Franklin and related topics - 1714-1994
    - 8 - Illustrative material and portraits of Sir John Franklin, family and colleagues - [19th-20th cent]
      - 4 - Photographic portraits of other members of the Franklin family - [late 19th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/8/4/2
Former Reference	D3311/135
Title	Photograph of half-length portrait of Lady Mary Simpkinson, sister of Lady Franklin
Date	[late 19th cent]
Description	Portrait shows her left hand holding her chin, painted possibly in the 1840s, based on her hairstyle; she is identified in pencil on the back in a much later hand as Lady Simpkinson, which she became in October 1845, when her husband Sir John Augustus Francis (Frank) Simpkinson was knighted. Oval-shaped, with oval frame (made of card, detached). Size, with frame, 24 x 30 cm, image size 18 x 24 cm.
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Photographic
Term	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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Simpkinson; Lady; Mary (1794-1854); wife of lawyer Sir Francis Simpkinson

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