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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
    - 9 - Prints of engravings of Arctic expeditions and prints in the collection of William Porden - [late 18th cent-1856]
      - 6 - Collection of prints of William Porden - [c1768-1856]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/9/6/45
Former Reference	D3311/140/45
Title	Print showing engraved portrait of Herri met de Bles, Flemish opainter
Date	[late 18th cent]
Description	Half-length portrait "Henrico Blesio Bovinati" [Herri met de Bles of Bouvignes], with niche containing owl in niche in top right hand corner and Latin inscription at top "Bubonem pro nota tabulis suis appinxit, vixitque circa an. 1550" [he painted an owl in his pictures as his distinguishing sign and lived in about the year 1550], numbered 14 in top right hand corner. Paper size 214 x 30 cm, image size 13 x 16 cm
Extent	1 print
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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Bles; Herri met de (c 1510-1560); Flemish painter

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