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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/LIB/8/3/4 |
| Former Reference | D3311/26/3 |
| Title | Coloured portrait sketch of Eleanor Anne Porden, when she was a young girl |
| Date | [c1806] |
| Description | Now believed to have been by Mary Ann Flaxman, it having been previously identified by her sister Sarah Henrietta Kay.
Mounted on card size 15 x 18 cm, image size 7.5 x 11 cm.
Appears to be a later photographic copy of an original sketch which has been coloured over, possibly in pencil and watercolour. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | Publications relating to Eleanor Anne Porden:
- Barbara Bryant, 'A portrait by Richard Westall of the poet Eleanor Porden', in The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 166, No. 1453, April 2024, pp. 358-367. Includes a reproduction of this item on p. 360. Available in Local Studies, LS/File 759. |
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