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Cutting on diary entry for meeting between Farington and architect William Porden...

Catalogue reference: D8760/F/FWP/3/4

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D8760/F/FWP/3/4
Title
Cutting on diary entry for meeting between Farington and architect William Porden at Eaton Hall in Cheshire, from the Morning Post, 2 Apr 1923, with accompanying note by Philip Lyttelton Gell
Date
1923
Description

The note, signed by P.L.G., identifies the writer as Farington; the entry is dated 21 Sep, 5 and a half years after Eaton began to be built [1809]. The note also says that they [the Gells] used to possess the drawings and designs for Eaton, and are probably contained in his portfolios at Hopton. Farington is probably Joseph Farington, painter and published diarist.

Held by
Derbyshire Record Office
Former department reference
D3311/3/10/3
Creator(s)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth; William Porden (1754-1822)
Physical description
2 items
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b8fa355a-cadb-4909-b2fe-f17e196af234/

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Records of William Porden, father-in-law of Sir John Franklin

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Cutting on diary entry for meeting between Farington and architect William Porden at Eaton Hall in Cheshire, from the Morning Post, 2 Apr 1923, with accompanying note by Philip Lyttelton Gell