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Add. MS a/232/5
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Letter from J. W. Clark to W. H. Thompson relating to the Duke of Gloucester portrait and Sir Edmund Coke portrait
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- 15 Oct. 1866 (Creation)
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Quotes from the will of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester in which she bequeaths the portrait of her brother Prince William Frederick by Sir Joshua Reynolds to be hung in the Hall. Also makes a reference to the portrait of Coke being held by Rowe until orders were given regarding it.
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- Thompson, William Hepworth (1810-1886), college head (Subject)
- Sophia Matilda (1773-1844), Princess of Gloucester, niece of George III (Subject)
- William Frederick (1776-1834), Prince, 2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (Subject)
- Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723-1792), knight, portrait and history painter and art theorist (Subject)
- Coke, Sir Edward (1552–1634), lawyer, legal writer, and politician (Subject)
- Clark, John Willis (1833-1910), university administrator and antiquary (Subject)