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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
LIB - Printed volumes and other printed material, mostly on Sir John Franklin and related topics - 1714-1994
8 - Illustrative material and portraits of Sir John Franklin, family and colleagues - [19th-20th cent]
3 - Portraits of members of the Porden family - [19th cent]
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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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Porden; Eleanor Anne (1795-1825); poet and first wife of explorer Sir John Franklin
Kay; Sarah Henrietta (1785-1859); wife of architect Joseph Kay
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