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6\, History of the Society of 'Dilettanti
Nothing appears to have come from the above
resolution; and thus the idea of a separate build-
ing or even a separate room for the use of the
Society was finally abandoned, and the Society
continued to hold its meetings at the Star and
Garter Tavern up to the end of the eighteenth
century.
increasing The voluntary subscriptions, however, of the
rkhes of the senior members, and the customary contribution
Soaety. tQ tjie fojjjidjjjg fund^ paid as an entrance fee by
all newly elected members, added to the profit made
by the sale of the land in Cavendish Square, had
increased the riches of the Society and placed them
in command of capital of no inconsiderable amount.
This was further augmented by two enactments of
great importance in the history of the Society.
Face-money. On January 4, 174I, it was ordered
' That every member of the Society do make a present of his
Picture in Oil Colours done by Mr. Geo. Knapton, a member, to
be hung up in the Room where the sd Society meets-
(Sam1 Savage, President.)'
and on February 3, 174-, it was ordered, nemine
contradicente,
£ That every member of the Society who has not had his Picture
painted by Mr. Knapton by the meeting in February next year,
shall pay One Guinea per Annum till his Picture be Deliver'd
into the Society, unless Mr. Knapton declares that it was owing to
his want of time to finish the same.'
As many of the members did not care, or did not
find opportunity to comply with this order, the pay-
ments on this account, known as 'Face-money,'
produced a considerable sum every year.
Rule Ann. On February y, 174I, it was ordered
Soc. Undec. 'That after the first of March 174I every member who has
any increase of Income either by Inheritance Legacy Marriage
or preferment do pay half of one p. ct. of the first year of his
Nothing appears to have come from the above
resolution; and thus the idea of a separate build-
ing or even a separate room for the use of the
Society was finally abandoned, and the Society
continued to hold its meetings at the Star and
Garter Tavern up to the end of the eighteenth
century.
increasing The voluntary subscriptions, however, of the
rkhes of the senior members, and the customary contribution
Soaety. tQ tjie fojjjidjjjg fund^ paid as an entrance fee by
all newly elected members, added to the profit made
by the sale of the land in Cavendish Square, had
increased the riches of the Society and placed them
in command of capital of no inconsiderable amount.
This was further augmented by two enactments of
great importance in the history of the Society.
Face-money. On January 4, 174I, it was ordered
' That every member of the Society do make a present of his
Picture in Oil Colours done by Mr. Geo. Knapton, a member, to
be hung up in the Room where the sd Society meets-
(Sam1 Savage, President.)'
and on February 3, 174-, it was ordered, nemine
contradicente,
£ That every member of the Society who has not had his Picture
painted by Mr. Knapton by the meeting in February next year,
shall pay One Guinea per Annum till his Picture be Deliver'd
into the Society, unless Mr. Knapton declares that it was owing to
his want of time to finish the same.'
As many of the members did not care, or did not
find opportunity to comply with this order, the pay-
ments on this account, known as 'Face-money,'
produced a considerable sum every year.
Rule Ann. On February y, 174I, it was ordered
Soc. Undec. 'That after the first of March 174I every member who has
any increase of Income either by Inheritance Legacy Marriage
or preferment do pay half of one p. ct. of the first year of his