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106 History of the Society of Dilettanti
at Athens, in promoting the same objects as those for which the
Dilettanti Society has so long been at work, and their regret,
that for the present they are unable to undertake to offer any
pecuniary support, the funds at their disposal being required for
the preparation of the new edition of Mr. Penrose's Athenian
Architecture, upon which the Society is now engaged.'
changes and The new edition, therefore, of Mr. Penrose's work
removals remains the last work which, in this id 3rd year of
e l ' the Society's existence, it has been able to carry
through. The years succeeding its publication have
been years of unsettlement and change, both in
regard to the officers having charge of the Society's
aiFairs and to the places appointed for its meeting.
In the spring of 1888 Sir Frederick Pollock was
disabled by ill health, and died about Christmas
in the same year; Mr. Watkiss Lloyd officiating
temporarily as Secretary and Treasurer in his place
until March, 1889, when the Earl of Strafford was
formally elected to those offices. Resigning in
February, 18 91, Lord Strafford was succeeded by
Mr. Sidney Colvin, who held the double office alone
until March, 1893, and afterwards in conjunction with
Mr.E.H. Pember, QC., until February, 1896; when
Mr. Colvin resigned, and Lord Welby was appointed
joint Secretary and Treasurer with Mr. Pember. At
the beginning of these changes, in 1889, the well-
known establishment known as 'Willis's Rooms'
was closed, the building soon afterwards changing
ownership, as above narrated; and the Dilettanti
were obliged to look for quarters elsewhere. In
February, 1890, their meeting was held at Limmers'
Hotel, and subsequently for upwards of three
years they met at the Grand Hotel. Various
places of meeting were suggested, Sir Charles Newton
generously offering the use of his house in Montague
Place, Bloomsbury. The pictures belonging to the
at Athens, in promoting the same objects as those for which the
Dilettanti Society has so long been at work, and their regret,
that for the present they are unable to undertake to offer any
pecuniary support, the funds at their disposal being required for
the preparation of the new edition of Mr. Penrose's Athenian
Architecture, upon which the Society is now engaged.'
changes and The new edition, therefore, of Mr. Penrose's work
removals remains the last work which, in this id 3rd year of
e l ' the Society's existence, it has been able to carry
through. The years succeeding its publication have
been years of unsettlement and change, both in
regard to the officers having charge of the Society's
aiFairs and to the places appointed for its meeting.
In the spring of 1888 Sir Frederick Pollock was
disabled by ill health, and died about Christmas
in the same year; Mr. Watkiss Lloyd officiating
temporarily as Secretary and Treasurer in his place
until March, 1889, when the Earl of Strafford was
formally elected to those offices. Resigning in
February, 18 91, Lord Strafford was succeeded by
Mr. Sidney Colvin, who held the double office alone
until March, 1893, and afterwards in conjunction with
Mr.E.H. Pember, QC., until February, 1896; when
Mr. Colvin resigned, and Lord Welby was appointed
joint Secretary and Treasurer with Mr. Pember. At
the beginning of these changes, in 1889, the well-
known establishment known as 'Willis's Rooms'
was closed, the building soon afterwards changing
ownership, as above narrated; and the Dilettanti
were obliged to look for quarters elsewhere. In
February, 1890, their meeting was held at Limmers'
Hotel, and subsequently for upwards of three
years they met at the Grand Hotel. Various
places of meeting were suggested, Sir Charles Newton
generously offering the use of his house in Montague
Place, Bloomsbury. The pictures belonging to the