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80 History of the Society of Dilettanti
Charlemont was proposed by Mr. Dawkins and
elected in March, \T)6\ Mr. Robert Wood joined
the Society a few years later, in 1763. Stuart and
Revett set to work to arrange their notes and draw-
ings for printing and engraving, and issued a fresh
prospectus of their intended publication. In their
expenses they were assisted by many members of
the Dilettanti. In March, 1777, it was resolved
'That the Society do present the Authors of the Antiquities
of Attica with the sum of Twenty Guineas for their first Volume
and for the further Encouragement of so great and useful! a Work do
intend the same sum for each Volume as they shall be published/
It was not however until 1762 that the authors
were able to issue the first volume of The Antiquities
of Athens, measured and delineated by James Stuart, F.I^S.
and F.S.A., and Nicholas Revett, painters and architects,
with a dedication to the king. Many names of the
Dilettanti appear in the list of subscribers; the Duke
of Bedford took two sets, Sir Francis Dashwood
five, Mr. James Dawkins (who died in 17;o) had
subscribed for twenty, the Marquess of Rockingham
for six, in addition to those taken by other members
of his family, and Mr. Wood for eight. On
January 23, 170'3, it was ordered by the Dilettanti
c That the thanks of the Society be returned to Mrs. Stuart and
Revett for their attention in presenting them with their Book of the
Antiquities of Athens so magnificently and elegantly bound.'
Success of The success of this volume was instantaneous and
tke volume, remarkable. Stuart found himself famous, and was
for ever afterwards known as < Athenian Stuart *.'
1 It would appear that even before the publication of the work
Stuart had expatiated freely upon its merits and those of the artists
concerned, for there is a tradition, apparently well founded, that
Hogarth's caricature of' The Five Orders of Perriwigs,5 published
in 1761, was intended as a satire on the authors of "Ike Antiquities
of Athens. This engraving is styled by Hogarth * The Five Ordeis
Charlemont was proposed by Mr. Dawkins and
elected in March, \T)6\ Mr. Robert Wood joined
the Society a few years later, in 1763. Stuart and
Revett set to work to arrange their notes and draw-
ings for printing and engraving, and issued a fresh
prospectus of their intended publication. In their
expenses they were assisted by many members of
the Dilettanti. In March, 1777, it was resolved
'That the Society do present the Authors of the Antiquities
of Attica with the sum of Twenty Guineas for their first Volume
and for the further Encouragement of so great and useful! a Work do
intend the same sum for each Volume as they shall be published/
It was not however until 1762 that the authors
were able to issue the first volume of The Antiquities
of Athens, measured and delineated by James Stuart, F.I^S.
and F.S.A., and Nicholas Revett, painters and architects,
with a dedication to the king. Many names of the
Dilettanti appear in the list of subscribers; the Duke
of Bedford took two sets, Sir Francis Dashwood
five, Mr. James Dawkins (who died in 17;o) had
subscribed for twenty, the Marquess of Rockingham
for six, in addition to those taken by other members
of his family, and Mr. Wood for eight. On
January 23, 170'3, it was ordered by the Dilettanti
c That the thanks of the Society be returned to Mrs. Stuart and
Revett for their attention in presenting them with their Book of the
Antiquities of Athens so magnificently and elegantly bound.'
Success of The success of this volume was instantaneous and
tke volume, remarkable. Stuart found himself famous, and was
for ever afterwards known as < Athenian Stuart *.'
1 It would appear that even before the publication of the work
Stuart had expatiated freely upon its merits and those of the artists
concerned, for there is a tradition, apparently well founded, that
Hogarth's caricature of' The Five Orders of Perriwigs,5 published
in 1761, was intended as a satire on the authors of "Ike Antiquities
of Athens. This engraving is styled by Hogarth * The Five Ordeis