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4 ADVERTISEMENT.
James Stuart, distinguished by the honorary appellation of " The Athenian ", was born in
Creed Lane, London. His father, by profession a mariner, having died, left his eldest son under age
with the care of a mother and young family, whom by his pencil he contributed to support. After the
decease of his mother, and having placed his brother and sisters in situations to provide for themselves",
in 1742 he left England to perfect his studies in Italy, where, in conjunction with the practice of paint-
ing, he engaged in pursuits connected with the science of Architecture, and at the College de Fide
Propaganda he cultivated the knowledge of ancient literature, in which he soon»distinguished himself,
by an Essay in Latin on the newly discovered Obelisk of the Campus Martiusb, which led to the
honor of his presentation to Pope Benedict XIV. His principal companions at Rome were Gavin
Hamilton, the distinguished Painter, Revett, and Brettingham since known by his work on Holkham.
After several years' residence in Italy, Revett, and himself formed the plan of the journey to Greece,
and aided by the patronage of several of the nobility and gentry of his own country0, and particu-
larly by the munificence of James Dawkins, Esquire, they pursued with diligence and success the
object of their voyage, not however without great exposure to danger, under a barbarous and fanatic
government, and amongst a factious Greek population. Twice were they compelled to retire from
Athens in consequence of commotions, in the last of which a rencontre on the part of Stuart with
Logotheti, a rapacious Greek, acting as British Consul, rendered their further stay at Athens imprac-
ticable. Our artists soon returned home to publish their treasures, and a first volume of the Anti-
quities of Athens appeared in 1762, which received the applause of those who had the means of ac-
cess to the work. In the interval between this and the publication of the second volumeH, Stuart died,
in 1788, in his 75th year, in the possession of the appointment of Surveyor to Greenwich Hospital,
and in the enjoyment of the highest public and private reputation in society. He was buried in St.
Martin's in the Fields, after enriching his country with many edifices worthy of the city of his archi-
tectural pursuits'1.
Nicholas Revett, the original projector of the visit to Athens, was second son of John Revett,
Esquire, of Brandeston Hall, Suffolk, born 1720. In 1742, the love of the Arts induced him to visit
Rome, where he became a pupil to a celebrated Italian Painter to perfect himself in that Art:
here his acquaintance with Stuart matured into a friendship from whence resulted the volumes before
us. In March, 1750, our travellers left Rome via Venice for Greece ; and, with the produce of five
years' constant occupation, arrived in England at the beginning of the year 1755. Revett appears to
have wholly devoted himself to the architectural department of the designs, and was occasionally as-
sisted by his fellow traveller, while Stuart equally attached himself to drawing the scenery, and sculp-
ture. It is unfortunate that, after the publication of the first volume, the artists should have dis-
agreed1^ as to the mode of conducting the continuation, which induced Revett to relinquish, under
some pecuniary arrangement, his property in the work. After this event he again left England, in
company with the learned Dr. Chandler, and Mr. Pars the elegant draftsman, under an engagement
with the Dilettanti Society, dated May 1764B, and, during a voyage of two years at the expense of
that illustrious and distinguished body, amassed the principal materials for that important work, the
Antiquities of Ionia, and also completed some researches and measurements at Athens, which himself
and Stuart were compelled to leave unfinished in the former voyage. Revett, did not procure to
himself, like his companion, that remunerationh in the decline of life, which should have arisen from
his acquirements and his public exertions. He was employed however by several noblemen and
gentlemen in important buildings, which, with his literary avocations, appear to have occupied him
till his demise in 1804, aged 84'.
a Chalmers's Biographical Dictionary, Gentleman's Mag.
"De Obelisco Czesaris Augusti Campo Martis nuperrime
effosso, epistola Jacobi Stuart Angli ad Carolum Wentworth Co-
mitem de Malton", Romae 1750. This Obelisk since raised and
restored by Pope Pius VI. on the Piazza di Monte Citoreo, for-
merly served at Rome as a Gnomon, and was of one block of
granite wrought with hieroglyphics upwards of seventy feet in
length.
c Lord Malton, afterwards Marquis of Rockingham, Lord
Ckarlemont, and James Dawkins, and Robert Wood, Esquires
the explorers of Balbeck and Palmyra, &c. &c.
d This volume, though on the title dated MDCCLXXXVII,
did not appear till some time subsequent to Stuart's death, vide
Address " to the Publick" by Elizabeth Stuart, at the head of it.
0 Viz., Lord Anson's house in St. James's Square, Mrs. Mon-
tagu's in Portman Square, the Restoration of the Chapel and In-
firmary at Greenwich Hospital, Belvidere, the Seat of Lord Eard-
ley, Kent, several Buildings at Shuckburgh, the Seat of Lord
Anson, in Staffordshire.
' Second Volume, Advertisement.
5 Chandler's Travels.
11 Gentleman's Magazine.
1 The Church of Ayott St. Lawrence, at the expense of Sir
Lionel Lyde, bart., the Porticos at West Wycombe for Lord Lc
Despencer, &c, the Portico at Standlinch, Wiltshire, for James
Dawkins, Esquire, &c.
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James Stuart, distinguished by the honorary appellation of " The Athenian ", was born in
Creed Lane, London. His father, by profession a mariner, having died, left his eldest son under age
with the care of a mother and young family, whom by his pencil he contributed to support. After the
decease of his mother, and having placed his brother and sisters in situations to provide for themselves",
in 1742 he left England to perfect his studies in Italy, where, in conjunction with the practice of paint-
ing, he engaged in pursuits connected with the science of Architecture, and at the College de Fide
Propaganda he cultivated the knowledge of ancient literature, in which he soon»distinguished himself,
by an Essay in Latin on the newly discovered Obelisk of the Campus Martiusb, which led to the
honor of his presentation to Pope Benedict XIV. His principal companions at Rome were Gavin
Hamilton, the distinguished Painter, Revett, and Brettingham since known by his work on Holkham.
After several years' residence in Italy, Revett, and himself formed the plan of the journey to Greece,
and aided by the patronage of several of the nobility and gentry of his own country0, and particu-
larly by the munificence of James Dawkins, Esquire, they pursued with diligence and success the
object of their voyage, not however without great exposure to danger, under a barbarous and fanatic
government, and amongst a factious Greek population. Twice were they compelled to retire from
Athens in consequence of commotions, in the last of which a rencontre on the part of Stuart with
Logotheti, a rapacious Greek, acting as British Consul, rendered their further stay at Athens imprac-
ticable. Our artists soon returned home to publish their treasures, and a first volume of the Anti-
quities of Athens appeared in 1762, which received the applause of those who had the means of ac-
cess to the work. In the interval between this and the publication of the second volumeH, Stuart died,
in 1788, in his 75th year, in the possession of the appointment of Surveyor to Greenwich Hospital,
and in the enjoyment of the highest public and private reputation in society. He was buried in St.
Martin's in the Fields, after enriching his country with many edifices worthy of the city of his archi-
tectural pursuits'1.
Nicholas Revett, the original projector of the visit to Athens, was second son of John Revett,
Esquire, of Brandeston Hall, Suffolk, born 1720. In 1742, the love of the Arts induced him to visit
Rome, where he became a pupil to a celebrated Italian Painter to perfect himself in that Art:
here his acquaintance with Stuart matured into a friendship from whence resulted the volumes before
us. In March, 1750, our travellers left Rome via Venice for Greece ; and, with the produce of five
years' constant occupation, arrived in England at the beginning of the year 1755. Revett appears to
have wholly devoted himself to the architectural department of the designs, and was occasionally as-
sisted by his fellow traveller, while Stuart equally attached himself to drawing the scenery, and sculp-
ture. It is unfortunate that, after the publication of the first volume, the artists should have dis-
agreed1^ as to the mode of conducting the continuation, which induced Revett to relinquish, under
some pecuniary arrangement, his property in the work. After this event he again left England, in
company with the learned Dr. Chandler, and Mr. Pars the elegant draftsman, under an engagement
with the Dilettanti Society, dated May 1764B, and, during a voyage of two years at the expense of
that illustrious and distinguished body, amassed the principal materials for that important work, the
Antiquities of Ionia, and also completed some researches and measurements at Athens, which himself
and Stuart were compelled to leave unfinished in the former voyage. Revett, did not procure to
himself, like his companion, that remunerationh in the decline of life, which should have arisen from
his acquirements and his public exertions. He was employed however by several noblemen and
gentlemen in important buildings, which, with his literary avocations, appear to have occupied him
till his demise in 1804, aged 84'.
a Chalmers's Biographical Dictionary, Gentleman's Mag.
"De Obelisco Czesaris Augusti Campo Martis nuperrime
effosso, epistola Jacobi Stuart Angli ad Carolum Wentworth Co-
mitem de Malton", Romae 1750. This Obelisk since raised and
restored by Pope Pius VI. on the Piazza di Monte Citoreo, for-
merly served at Rome as a Gnomon, and was of one block of
granite wrought with hieroglyphics upwards of seventy feet in
length.
c Lord Malton, afterwards Marquis of Rockingham, Lord
Ckarlemont, and James Dawkins, and Robert Wood, Esquires
the explorers of Balbeck and Palmyra, &c. &c.
d This volume, though on the title dated MDCCLXXXVII,
did not appear till some time subsequent to Stuart's death, vide
Address " to the Publick" by Elizabeth Stuart, at the head of it.
0 Viz., Lord Anson's house in St. James's Square, Mrs. Mon-
tagu's in Portman Square, the Restoration of the Chapel and In-
firmary at Greenwich Hospital, Belvidere, the Seat of Lord Eard-
ley, Kent, several Buildings at Shuckburgh, the Seat of Lord
Anson, in Staffordshire.
' Second Volume, Advertisement.
5 Chandler's Travels.
11 Gentleman's Magazine.
1 The Church of Ayott St. Lawrence, at the expense of Sir
Lionel Lyde, bart., the Porticos at West Wycombe for Lord Lc
Despencer, &c, the Portico at Standlinch, Wiltshire, for James
Dawkins, Esquire, &c.
•
$
fCedw"10*
■"»«*ttedi»POC"
"" , It «a
,*.<*■<; It >]
fe* *••■?:
St**"-",
,,-eftep-ca
iced but of real 1
who have kindl;
[r.Mt;Ced by Stuart and!
iijiathyofremark, that it is
j, and thai
iJ
v it a time An the Italians
jibe occurred to them that
-ill, should still bear on her
During the period
A, and Genoa the n
ips arose, splendid monumen
i:o, raised not their c
feed.
: improvement, Archil
Ae imperceptible ci
ose institutions surp
^ to practise the princi]
«*ns, However it i
di»the rules of Palladic
^of Athens. But tl
S^beenremove
?iach Urates thec
7 «* Attic mod
««t of effect<
^influential,
a Period fa
%
U-c.
Wrftl,
Nptirr
* of the!