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History of the Society of Dilettanti 15-9
' That the Committee do most sincerely congratulate the Society
of Dilettanti on the Result of the Ionian Mission, which owing to
the Talents of the Artists employed, and the Judicious measures
of the Leader, who so ably directed their Researches, has been
successful beyond their most sanguine Expectations.
£ That every Individual Member of the Ionian Mission is entitled
to the warmest Approbation of the Society, for the Enthusiasm
displayed, and the diligence exerted by each in his separate capacity j
by which more numerous and important Documents, relating to
Grecian Architecture, have come into the possession of the Society,
than have been produced by the united efforts of all Europe for
the last forty years.
' That the elaborate and accurate Drawings from the Buildings
of Attica alone, hitherto unknown, and brought to light thro' the
exertions of the Ionian Mission, are abundantly sufficient to form
a volume; which in point of Interest, would be surpassed by no
Architecture publication extant and equalled only by the second
volume of the " Antiquities of Athens," which derives no incon-
siderable portion of its interest from the contributions of the
Society of Dilettanti.
' But the Excavations of the Eleusinian territory, made by the
Agents of the Society at a very considerable Expence, and upon
a scale of unrivalled extent, have afforded facilities of investigation
to the Travellers of every European Nation- amongst whom
some one might be found, who jealous of the honor resulting
to the English Nation from the Spirit & Enterprize of the Society
of Dilettanti, might endeavour to anticipate the appearance of the
publication, already in progress, if it be not pursued with prompti-
tude and vigour, that the apprehension of Anticipation is founded
on the fact of the actual publication of the work of Le Roy, which
was undertaken with the view of claiming for his nation the merit
of having been the foremost in making known to the world the
beauties of the Grecian Architecture, before the pre-conceived &
published Intentions of Revett and Stuart could be carried into effect.
'That the Cause of Grecian Architecture, no less than the
Vindication of the Claim of the Society of Dilettanti to the honor
of the important Discoveries lately made, demand that no delay
should occur in publishing the beautiful Drawings, already laid
work
before them, in a manner equally splendid with the former publi-
cations of the Society.'
The work was accordingly put in hand early in Details of
1814. On February 2 the Ionian Committee passed "heme.
a series of resolutions approving of the plates of the
' That the Committee do most sincerely congratulate the Society
of Dilettanti on the Result of the Ionian Mission, which owing to
the Talents of the Artists employed, and the Judicious measures
of the Leader, who so ably directed their Researches, has been
successful beyond their most sanguine Expectations.
£ That every Individual Member of the Ionian Mission is entitled
to the warmest Approbation of the Society, for the Enthusiasm
displayed, and the diligence exerted by each in his separate capacity j
by which more numerous and important Documents, relating to
Grecian Architecture, have come into the possession of the Society,
than have been produced by the united efforts of all Europe for
the last forty years.
' That the elaborate and accurate Drawings from the Buildings
of Attica alone, hitherto unknown, and brought to light thro' the
exertions of the Ionian Mission, are abundantly sufficient to form
a volume; which in point of Interest, would be surpassed by no
Architecture publication extant and equalled only by the second
volume of the " Antiquities of Athens," which derives no incon-
siderable portion of its interest from the contributions of the
Society of Dilettanti.
' But the Excavations of the Eleusinian territory, made by the
Agents of the Society at a very considerable Expence, and upon
a scale of unrivalled extent, have afforded facilities of investigation
to the Travellers of every European Nation- amongst whom
some one might be found, who jealous of the honor resulting
to the English Nation from the Spirit & Enterprize of the Society
of Dilettanti, might endeavour to anticipate the appearance of the
publication, already in progress, if it be not pursued with prompti-
tude and vigour, that the apprehension of Anticipation is founded
on the fact of the actual publication of the work of Le Roy, which
was undertaken with the view of claiming for his nation the merit
of having been the foremost in making known to the world the
beauties of the Grecian Architecture, before the pre-conceived &
published Intentions of Revett and Stuart could be carried into effect.
'That the Cause of Grecian Architecture, no less than the
Vindication of the Claim of the Society of Dilettanti to the honor
of the important Discoveries lately made, demand that no delay
should occur in publishing the beautiful Drawings, already laid
work
before them, in a manner equally splendid with the former publi-
cations of the Society.'
The work was accordingly put in hand early in Details of
1814. On February 2 the Ionian Committee passed "heme.
a series of resolutions approving of the plates of the