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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/1/3/6
Former Reference	D3311/83/64
Title	Copy of letter by John Philip Gell to his prospective legal advisor E.J. Rickards to renew claim to the Phillips portrait exhibited in the Victorian exhibition at the New Gallery
Date	17 Dec 1891
Description	Details of Gell's claim to the Phillip's portrait of Sir John Franklin (1824) with details of possible evidence as proof. Claims that portrait was not sold, should have passed to his late wife, Franklin's only issue, and to their son Philip Lyttleton Gell of Langley Lodge, Oxford.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Philip Gell
Sender Location	Buxted Rectory, Sussex
Recipient	E.J. Rickards
Recipient Location	3 Crown Court, Old Broad Street
Archive Creator	Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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