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CHAPTER III
Miscellaneous activities of the Society: the West-
minster Bridge Lottery—Foundation of General
Fund: building schemes—The Cavendish Square
site—Its abandonment and the financial result—
Promotion of the Italian opera—Middlesex and
Vanneschi—Schemes for an Academy of Arts—
Mr. Dinghy s plan—Communications with Haymans
Committee of Fainters — The Society's plan—
Collapse of negotiations—Foundation of the I^oyal
Academy: its relations with the Dilettanti—Proposal
to form a gallery of casts from the antique—
Revival of the building scheme—Suggested sites:
the Green Park—The Star and Garter—Camelford
House—Final abandonment of building scheme—
Increasing riches of the Society—Face-money: P^ule
Ann. Soc. IJndec—Other sources of income—Incidental
records.
Mhcei- "^HE earliest recorded transaction of the Society
laneous of Dilettanti relates to the lottery for the
"ofth'" new bridge over the Thames at Westminster.
Society. This lottery was a scheme initiated by Sir Robert
the West- Walpole in order to defray the cost of constructing
™nffer the new bridge. An Act of Parliament was passed
littery. *n I7 36 to sanction the lottery, and commissioners
were appointed to manage it. The scheme was
not very successful, although it was taken up by
Miscellaneous activities of the Society: the West-
minster Bridge Lottery—Foundation of General
Fund: building schemes—The Cavendish Square
site—Its abandonment and the financial result—
Promotion of the Italian opera—Middlesex and
Vanneschi—Schemes for an Academy of Arts—
Mr. Dinghy s plan—Communications with Haymans
Committee of Fainters — The Society's plan—
Collapse of negotiations—Foundation of the I^oyal
Academy: its relations with the Dilettanti—Proposal
to form a gallery of casts from the antique—
Revival of the building scheme—Suggested sites:
the Green Park—The Star and Garter—Camelford
House—Final abandonment of building scheme—
Increasing riches of the Society—Face-money: P^ule
Ann. Soc. IJndec—Other sources of income—Incidental
records.
Mhcei- "^HE earliest recorded transaction of the Society
laneous of Dilettanti relates to the lottery for the
"ofth'" new bridge over the Thames at Westminster.
Society. This lottery was a scheme initiated by Sir Robert
the West- Walpole in order to defray the cost of constructing
™nffer the new bridge. An Act of Parliament was passed
littery. *n I7 36 to sanction the lottery, and commissioners
were appointed to manage it. The scheme was
not very successful, although it was taken up by