Gell (William, 1777-1836). Autograph letter signed, to Sir Charles Stuart (1779-1845), envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon, dated Hopton, Derbyshire, Oct. 17, 1813, handwritten manuscript letter in brown ink on laid paper (watermarked W Turner & Son, 1810), written to the recto of a single sheet, 'My dear Sir Charles, This will be delivered to you by Mr Hodson a gentleman employed in one of the Offices in Downing Street, who is obliged from ill health to visit Lisbon this winter. He is a person for whose welfare our family are much interested and I know that will be sufficient to recommend him to your protection. I am going on in collecting Elzevirs not however with the expedition I expected. I hope to send you a cargo in December. Pray remember me most kindly to the Admiral Casa Major & Hamilton... William Gell', lightly creased where previously folded, sheet size 23 x 18.7 cm (9 x 7.4 ins) (Qty: 1) Classical archaeologist and traveller Sir William Gell author of Itinerary of Greece (1819), Narrative of a Journey in the Morea (1823), Pompeiana (1832) and The Topography of Rome (1834), here writes to Sir Charles Stuart one of the key figures in the Duke of Wellington's successful Peninsular campaign, recommending a Downing Street civil servant to his care and protection. Gell also mentions the collecting of 'Elzevirs' (small attractively-produced academic and scholarly books produced by the Elzevir Press in Leiden during the 17th century), and indicates that he will be sending 'a cargo' to Stuart later that year.
Gell (William, 1777-1836). Autograph letter signed, to Sir Charles Stuart (1779-1845), envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon, dated Hopton, Derbyshire, Oct. 17, 1813, handwritten manuscript letter in brown ink on laid paper (watermarked W Turner & Son, 1810), written to the recto of a single sheet, 'My dear Sir Charles, This will be delivered to you by Mr Hodson a gentleman employed in one of the Offices in Downing Street, who is obliged from ill health to visit Lisbon this winter. He is a person for whose welfare our family are much interested and I know that will be sufficient to recommend him to your protection. I am going on in collecting Elzevirs not however with the expedition I expected. I hope to send you a cargo in December. Pray remember me most kindly to the Admiral Casa Major & Hamilton... William Gell', lightly creased where previously folded, sheet size 23 x 18.7 cm (9 x 7.4 ins) (Qty: 1) Classical archaeologist and traveller Sir William Gell author of Itinerary of Greece (1819), Narrative of a Journey in the Morea (1823), Pompeiana (1832) and The Topography of Rome (1834), here writes to Sir Charles Stuart one of the key figures in the Duke of Wellington's successful Peninsular campaign, recommending a Downing Street civil servant to his care and protection. Gell also mentions the collecting of 'Elzevirs' (small attractively-produced academic and scholarly books produced by the Elzevir Press in Leiden during the 17th century), and indicates that he will be sending 'a cargo' to Stuart later that year.
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