Memorandum on the subject of the Earl of Elgin's pursuits in Greece (London, 1811)

liveliest concern, at not having had the
advantage of studying these models. And.
many, who have had the opportunity of
forming the comparison, (among these
are the most eminent sculptors and
painters in this metropolis,) have publicly
and unequivocally declared, that, in the
view of professional men, this collection
must be far more valuable than any other
collection in existence. It may be added,
on the subject of these impressions and
opinions, that one of the groups of fe-
male statues so rivetted and agitated the
feelings of Mrs. Siddons, the pride of
theatrical representation, as actually to
draw tears from her eyes : and the Presi-
dent of the Royar Academy, no less
eminent as an artist, than as the zealous
patron and encourager of the arts in this
country, after passing some months in
the daily study of these marbles, and
having ascertained the advantage to be