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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D258/50/155
Title	Personal letter from Sir William Gell to Mrs Isabella Pole Thornhill, From Naples [with printed illustration of bay as letterhead]. Going in half an hour to Augustus Craven's where Mr Saunders, `young English artist of first rate talent' is painting Mrs Craven. Has been very ill for 6 months. Will ask Keppel Craven to send her `Stemmata Gelliana', a little red book, after his death. Will send Philip a treatise on conscience one day soon. Two years ago Mr Ewing made a bust of Gell at Rome for his own amusement, together with a medallion. Has visited La Penta in the mountains behind Salerno and Lady Barbara Ponsonby who is staying at Castellamare. Asthma has returned. Has sat to Mr Saunders for his portrait but the price is 10 guineas; can send picture by Foreign Office. Aug
Date	1834
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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