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History of the Society of Dilettanti 191
in March, 1879, by the Arundel Society through Sir Arundel
Coutts Lindsay, Bart., to co-operate in a scheme for Society.
making reduced copies of the Elgin Marbles and
other works of Greek sculpture, in order to facili-
tate their acquisition by artists and others, and to
promote the study and. appreciation of the finest
works of Greek sculpture. Although the Society
showed a disposition to assist in the matter, the
scheme of joint action appears to have been
abandoned by the Arundel Society.
On June 3, i8<5o, the acting Secretary (Sir Dedka-
E. Ryan) called the attention of the Society to timsk0^lt
Mr. Cockerell's work on the temples at Aegina wUmet.
and Bassae, then on the eve of publication,, and
Mr. Penrose read to the members a description of
its contents. In this important work the first
part was dedicated to the Society's late Secretary,
Mr. W. R. Hamilton, and the second to the Society
itself, a sufficient tribute to the importance of
the work done by the Dilettanti in the domain
of archaeological exploration. The Society agreed
to purchase seventy copies of Mr. Cockerell's work,
distributing a copy to each present member of the
Society and retaining the rest for the use of future
members, and wrote to Mr. Cockerell
* That this tribute to the Memory of their late Secretary whom
the Society so highly valued & whose loss they so deeply deplored
was most grateful to the feelings of the Society—That the Society
most cordially accepted the honor of having the second Part of the
work dedicated to them—That it is so perfectly in harmony with
their own publications that they are anxious in some degree to
identify themselves with this most valuable work, and are desirous
of becoming subscribers for seventy copies, & if not attended with
any inconvenience would be glad to have the names of the present
members of the Society inserted after the dedication to the
Society.'
in March, 1879, by the Arundel Society through Sir Arundel
Coutts Lindsay, Bart., to co-operate in a scheme for Society.
making reduced copies of the Elgin Marbles and
other works of Greek sculpture, in order to facili-
tate their acquisition by artists and others, and to
promote the study and. appreciation of the finest
works of Greek sculpture. Although the Society
showed a disposition to assist in the matter, the
scheme of joint action appears to have been
abandoned by the Arundel Society.
On June 3, i8<5o, the acting Secretary (Sir Dedka-
E. Ryan) called the attention of the Society to timsk0^lt
Mr. Cockerell's work on the temples at Aegina wUmet.
and Bassae, then on the eve of publication,, and
Mr. Penrose read to the members a description of
its contents. In this important work the first
part was dedicated to the Society's late Secretary,
Mr. W. R. Hamilton, and the second to the Society
itself, a sufficient tribute to the importance of
the work done by the Dilettanti in the domain
of archaeological exploration. The Society agreed
to purchase seventy copies of Mr. Cockerell's work,
distributing a copy to each present member of the
Society and retaining the rest for the use of future
members, and wrote to Mr. Cockerell
* That this tribute to the Memory of their late Secretary whom
the Society so highly valued & whose loss they so deeply deplored
was most grateful to the feelings of the Society—That the Society
most cordially accepted the honor of having the second Part of the
work dedicated to them—That it is so perfectly in harmony with
their own publications that they are anxious in some degree to
identify themselves with this most valuable work, and are desirous
of becoming subscribers for seventy copies, & if not attended with
any inconvenience would be glad to have the names of the present
members of the Society inserted after the dedication to the
Society.'