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History of the Society of Dilettanti 149
bouring islands. It was on his return from this
journey that he was elected to the Dilettanti.
In the summer of 1811 the Dilettanti found them- New Ionian
selves possessed of sufficient funds in hand to enable committee.
them to continue their much-cherished schemes for
a further expedition for archaeological research,
directed especially towards the remains of classical
architecture in Greece and the Levant. In April
of that year a committee had been appointed to
report on the condition of the Society's two great
portrait-groups by Sir Joshua Reynolds (see below,
p. 227); and on June 2, 1811, it was moved by
the Secretary and seconded by Mr. Knight,
'That the Committee of Painting appointed on April 7, 1811,
shall in conjunction with the Committee of Publication be a
Committee empowered to take measures for sending persons into
Greece or Asia Minor, should an opportunity offer, & that the
Committee shall be empowered to engage for payment to such
persons in any sum not exceeding £1000 & that four members be
a quorum/
The opportunity offered itself at once, Mr. Gell its report
being both willing and anxious to start on a third on Gell\s
expedition. A full and succinct account of the ^MMtim.
arrangements for this new «Ionian Mission' is to
be found in the minutes of the joint committee
appointed as above recorded (and thereafter known
as the Ionian Committee) under date January y, 1812.
c The Committee report that soon after their appointment they
made enquiry relative to some Gentlemen already in the Turkish
Dominions, and employed in Architectural Pursuits, whose co-
operation with the views of the Society it was hoped might have
been obtained; but their Enquiries in this line proved fruitless.
Early in the month of August William GELL Esq0, a member of this
Society whose learned Researches in different parts of Greece,
the fruits of two Voyages into those countries, are already well
known to the public, informed the Secretary that he was desirous
to make a third voyage into any part of Greece or Asia Minor
which might suit the views of the Society, should they honour him
bouring islands. It was on his return from this
journey that he was elected to the Dilettanti.
In the summer of 1811 the Dilettanti found them- New Ionian
selves possessed of sufficient funds in hand to enable committee.
them to continue their much-cherished schemes for
a further expedition for archaeological research,
directed especially towards the remains of classical
architecture in Greece and the Levant. In April
of that year a committee had been appointed to
report on the condition of the Society's two great
portrait-groups by Sir Joshua Reynolds (see below,
p. 227); and on June 2, 1811, it was moved by
the Secretary and seconded by Mr. Knight,
'That the Committee of Painting appointed on April 7, 1811,
shall in conjunction with the Committee of Publication be a
Committee empowered to take measures for sending persons into
Greece or Asia Minor, should an opportunity offer, & that the
Committee shall be empowered to engage for payment to such
persons in any sum not exceeding £1000 & that four members be
a quorum/
The opportunity offered itself at once, Mr. Gell its report
being both willing and anxious to start on a third on Gell\s
expedition. A full and succinct account of the ^MMtim.
arrangements for this new «Ionian Mission' is to
be found in the minutes of the joint committee
appointed as above recorded (and thereafter known
as the Ionian Committee) under date January y, 1812.
c The Committee report that soon after their appointment they
made enquiry relative to some Gentlemen already in the Turkish
Dominions, and employed in Architectural Pursuits, whose co-
operation with the views of the Society it was hoped might have
been obtained; but their Enquiries in this line proved fruitless.
Early in the month of August William GELL Esq0, a member of this
Society whose learned Researches in different parts of Greece,
the fruits of two Voyages into those countries, are already well
known to the public, informed the Secretary that he was desirous
to make a third voyage into any part of Greece or Asia Minor
which might suit the views of the Society, should they honour him