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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/GPV/2/7/6
Former ReferenceD3311/1/1
TitleLetter from John Stucley to Gell enclosing photographs of Gell's ancestor and its companion pictures
Date20 Dec 1962
DescriptionWritten at 14 Chester Row, SW1, enclosing a photograph of Gell's ancestor Admiral Gell, with three companion pictures of Admiral Hood, Mr Cuthbert and Admiral Sir Edward Hughes (the picture of Hood being by James Northcote, the rest being by SIr Joshua [Reynolds]), all hung in the morning room at Hartland Abbey; all four people were thought to be great friends of each other and also of some member of Stucley's family (?Hyde Parker)
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorPhilip Victor Willingham Gell (1897-1970)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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