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Philip Eyre Gell
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Philip Eyre Gell (1723–1795) of Hopton Hall near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, was a wealthy lead-mining aristocrat.
A study for the portrait, small full-length, oil on paper laid on canvas (20 3/4 x 13 3/4 in./ 52.7 x 44.9 cm)
A study for the portrait, small full-length, oil on paper laid on canvas (20 3/4 x 13 3/4 in./ 52.7 x 44.9 cm)
Portrait of Mai (Omai) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, oil on canvas, c.1776
Portrait of Mai (Omai) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, oil on canvas, c.1776
Sir Joshua Reynolds's Portrait of Philip Gell, full-length, in a purple embroidered French frock suit, holding a gun, a spaniel at his feet, in a land
Sir Joshua Reynolds's Portrait of Philip Gell, full-length, in a purple embroidered French frock suit, holding a gun, a spaniel at his feet, in a landscape (94 x 58 in. / 238.7 x 147.3 cm)
Wirksworth
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Wirksworth is a market, and former quarry town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. Its population of 4,904 in the 2021 census was estimated at 5,220 in 2023. Wirksworth contains the source of the River Ecclesbourne. The town was granted a market charter by Edward I in 1306 and still holds a market on Tuesdays in the Memorial Gardens. The parish church of St Mary's is thought to date from 653. The town developed as a centre for lead mining and stone quarrying. Many lead mines were owned by the Gell family of nearby Hopton Hall.
Market Place
Market Place
Moot Hall on Chapel Lane
Moot Hall on Chapel Lane
Wirksworth Town Hall
Wirksworth Town Hall
Well or tap dressing in Wirksworth in the 1860s
Well or tap dressing in Wirksworth in the 1860s