Sir William Gell FRS, pron. "Jell", was a British classical archaeologist and illustrator. He published topographical illustrations of Troy and the surrounding area in 1804. He also published illustrations showing the results of archaeological digs at Pompeii. His best-known work is Pompeiana; the Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, published between 1817 and 1832.
William Gell, by Cornelius Varley, 1816 (National Portrait Gallery).
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)
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 landscape (94 x 58 in. / 238.7 x 147.3 cm)