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CHAPTER IX
Portraits of members: George IQiapton—Institution of
face-money—I\naptori>s resignation—J. Stuart as
Painter to the Society—Stuart superseded in favour
of Reynolds—The two great portrait-groups—
Nathaniel Dance—Various resolutions as to portraits
—Death of Reynolds ; Lawrence chosen successor—
Motion as to portrait of Sir J. Banks—The
Reynolds groups: steps for their preservation—
The groups engraved in mesgotint—Portrait of
Payne Kjiight—Lawrence on the question of fresh
portrait-groups—Portraits and face-money: various
orders—Portraits of Lord Dundas and Benjamin West
—Lawrence succeeded by Shee—Portrait of Morritt
—Inquiries into state of pictures—Shee succeeded
by Eastlake—Proposed series of engravings—Ap-
plications for loan of pictures: Manchester, South
Kensington, National Gallery,&c.—Eastlake succeeded
by Leighton—Portraits of Lord Broughton and Sir
Edward Ryan—Successive Painters to the Society:
Sir F. W. Burton and Sir Edward Poynter—
Further loans of pictures—Last portraits: Mr. Watkiss
Lloyd, Lord Leighton, Mr. Sidney Colvin.
Portraits of TV T O history of the Society of Dilettanti would
members -. VI be complete without some descriptive notice
Knaftm. ^ of the interesting collection which it pos-
sesses of portraits of members from its foundation
to the present day. On January 4, 174I, it was
ordered (as already quoted, p. 64)
4 That every member of the Society do make a present of his
Picture in Oil Colours drawn by Mr. Geo. Knapton, a member, to
be hung up in the Room where the said Society meets.'
Portraits of members: George IQiapton—Institution of
face-money—I\naptori>s resignation—J. Stuart as
Painter to the Society—Stuart superseded in favour
of Reynolds—The two great portrait-groups—
Nathaniel Dance—Various resolutions as to portraits
—Death of Reynolds ; Lawrence chosen successor—
Motion as to portrait of Sir J. Banks—The
Reynolds groups: steps for their preservation—
The groups engraved in mesgotint—Portrait of
Payne Kjiight—Lawrence on the question of fresh
portrait-groups—Portraits and face-money: various
orders—Portraits of Lord Dundas and Benjamin West
—Lawrence succeeded by Shee—Portrait of Morritt
—Inquiries into state of pictures—Shee succeeded
by Eastlake—Proposed series of engravings—Ap-
plications for loan of pictures: Manchester, South
Kensington, National Gallery,&c.—Eastlake succeeded
by Leighton—Portraits of Lord Broughton and Sir
Edward Ryan—Successive Painters to the Society:
Sir F. W. Burton and Sir Edward Poynter—
Further loans of pictures—Last portraits: Mr. Watkiss
Lloyd, Lord Leighton, Mr. Sidney Colvin.
Portraits of TV T O history of the Society of Dilettanti would
members -. VI be complete without some descriptive notice
Knaftm. ^ of the interesting collection which it pos-
sesses of portraits of members from its foundation
to the present day. On January 4, 174I, it was
ordered (as already quoted, p. 64)
4 That every member of the Society do make a present of his
Picture in Oil Colours drawn by Mr. Geo. Knapton, a member, to
be hung up in the Room where the said Society meets.'