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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/1/3/35
Former Reference	D3311/83/43
Title	Letter from Sophia Cracroft to John Philip Gell, stating that she had proof that Lady Franklin acquired the protrait in 1848 and that as far as she was concerned there would be no further correspondence on the matter
Date	5 Mar 1892
Description	Receipt of his letters of 23 and 27 Feb; she reminds him of a great deal of correspondence taking place in 1855 and refers him to the statements of Lady Franklin; she finds it indisputably confirmed in her bank acccounts of June 1848; she cannot go back through past and painful correspondence to find extra information for him; she regards the revival of his claim after so much time as unresonable, and she will ecxcuse herself from further correspondence on the subject. In 1855 her aunt voluntarily offered that the portrait ultimately be placed in the National Portrait Gallery, to which Eleanor acquiesced; after the death of her aunt she offered the portrait to the Gallery Trustees and they accepted it.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Sophia Cracroft
Sender Location	45 Phillimore Gardens, Kensington, W.
Recipient	John Philip Gell
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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