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160 History of the Society of Dilettanti
Temple of Eleusis engraved under the superintendence
of Mr. Wilkins, and ordering other drawings of
Eleusis to be put in hand under the superintendence
of Mr. Wilkins and Sir H. C. Englefield, and that this
section of the work, viz. that on Eleusis,< as soon as
completed shall be offered to the Publick under the
title of Antiquities of Eleusis.' Mr. Wilkins under-
took to give a written explanation of the archi-
tectural plates, Mr. Knight to draw up an account
of the mysteries at Eleusis, and Mr. Gell to give an
account of the mission and their transactions at
Eleusis. On June 3 Mr. Knight undertook to draw
up an abstract of the voyage and mission to be pre-
fixed to the publication of the Antiquities of Jttica^
Lord Aberdeen to examine and correct the account
of the Sacred Way by Mr. Gell, and Mr. Wilkins
to superintend the description of the plates, and to
obtain from the artists full accounts of the circum-
stances attending the excavations made at Eleusis and
elsewhere in Attica. Of these projected essays only
one by Mr. Wilkins on the Sacred Way was com-
pleted, and that in a greatly condensed form.
Acting further under the influence of the financial
"Englefeld's apprehensions expressed in the resolution already
Appeal. quoted, the committee instructed the Secretary,
Sir Henry Englefield, to draw up the follow-
ing appeal to the Society, the terms of which
are interesting as giving a rfoume of the position
which the Society claimed to hold with regard to the
promotion of the study of classical architecture:—
'Resolved, That the valuable and extensive Collection of
Measures and Drawings of Ancient Buildings in Greece and
Asia Minor, brought to this country by Mr. Gell in his late
voyage, undertaken by him under the auspices of the Society
of Dilettanti, cannot be given to the public without a very
considerable further expense, of which, though the sale of the works,
Sir Henry
Temple of Eleusis engraved under the superintendence
of Mr. Wilkins, and ordering other drawings of
Eleusis to be put in hand under the superintendence
of Mr. Wilkins and Sir H. C. Englefield, and that this
section of the work, viz. that on Eleusis,< as soon as
completed shall be offered to the Publick under the
title of Antiquities of Eleusis.' Mr. Wilkins under-
took to give a written explanation of the archi-
tectural plates, Mr. Knight to draw up an account
of the mysteries at Eleusis, and Mr. Gell to give an
account of the mission and their transactions at
Eleusis. On June 3 Mr. Knight undertook to draw
up an abstract of the voyage and mission to be pre-
fixed to the publication of the Antiquities of Jttica^
Lord Aberdeen to examine and correct the account
of the Sacred Way by Mr. Gell, and Mr. Wilkins
to superintend the description of the plates, and to
obtain from the artists full accounts of the circum-
stances attending the excavations made at Eleusis and
elsewhere in Attica. Of these projected essays only
one by Mr. Wilkins on the Sacred Way was com-
pleted, and that in a greatly condensed form.
Acting further under the influence of the financial
"Englefeld's apprehensions expressed in the resolution already
Appeal. quoted, the committee instructed the Secretary,
Sir Henry Englefield, to draw up the follow-
ing appeal to the Society, the terms of which
are interesting as giving a rfoume of the position
which the Society claimed to hold with regard to the
promotion of the study of classical architecture:—
'Resolved, That the valuable and extensive Collection of
Measures and Drawings of Ancient Buildings in Greece and
Asia Minor, brought to this country by Mr. Gell in his late
voyage, undertaken by him under the auspices of the Society
of Dilettanti, cannot be given to the public without a very
considerable further expense, of which, though the sale of the works,
Sir Henry