Letter from Shelley to Amelia Curran, 5th August 1819 Size:XS: 40 x 20cm Adolphe Célestin Pégoud (1889-1915) was

Adolphe Célestin Pégoud (1889-1915) was a test pilot for Bleriot (1872-1936)

was caught in the sea off Berkeley in Gloucestershire [presumably in the Severn Estuary]

18th century (1840)

A group of men stand behind the car

Letter from Shelley to Amelia Curran, 5th August 1819 Size:XS: 40 x 20cm Adolphe Célestin Pégoud (1889-1915) wasLetter from Shelley to Amelia Curran, 5th August 1819. Letter written from Livorno by Percy Bysshe Shelley to Miss Amelia Curran, at Rome, concerning designs for a monument (to his son William who died on 7th June preceding) and mentioning that he has nearly finished his Cenci. The second picture to which the writer refers is that of William Shelley painted by Miss Curran shortly before his death. From the second series of Facsimiles of royal,