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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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