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of Greece, or in any other places of the Levant, whereas the letter can only relate to those places which
Mr. Bouverie had actually visited.
We quitted Athens at the end of the year 1753, and went to Thessalonica,'now called Salonica;
where we were received, and treated for some months with great hospitality, by P. Paradise, Esquire,
the British Consul at that place. Here we copied the remains of a very ancient and beautiful Co-
rinthian colonnade; and should have added to them some remarkable buildings supposed to be of
the a^e of Theodosius", but that a most destructive pestilence, which broke out while we were here,
rendered the measuring of them unsafe, and indeed impracticable. In our way from hence to Smyrna,
we visited several of the islands in the iEgean Sea, corruptly called the Archipelago. From Smyrna
we set out for England, where we arrived in the beginning of the year 1755, having spent in all near
five years in this laborious and expensive expedition from Home to Athens, and from thence to London.
The architectural Prints compose, I imagine, the most useful and interesting part of this
Work; and at the same time, that, which I apprehend is least liable to censure, for our joint en-
deavours were here diligently employed, and my friend, Mr. Iievett, wholly confined his attention to
this part. If, nevertheless, any one should doubt of the accuracy of the measures, because they differ
so greatly from those which Mons. Le Roy has given, I can only assure him, that in a considerable
number of them, at the taking of which I assisted Mr. Revett, and in many others, which occa-
sionally I have measured after him, I have always found reason to praise his exactness.
It is now time to acknowledge that all the mistakes and inaccuracies, which the reader may
meet with in the Preface, or in the ensuing Chapters, are to be charged wholly to my account. In each
chapter I have generally given the modern Athenian name of the Antiquity there treated of, and also
that by which it is mentioned in the writings of Sir George Wheler and Dr. Spon. I have likewise
added my own conjectures concerning its ancient name, and the purpose for which it was erected.
After this follows the description of the Plates, and some observations on the errors of other travellers,
who have visited and described these Antiquities.
I must likewise answer for whatever faults have been committed, either in delineating the Sculp-
tures or painting the Views which are engraven in this Work: my utmost diligence however has been
used to render them faithful representations of the originals. The Sculptures were, for the most part,
measured with the same care and exactness that was bestowed on the Architecture. The Views were
all finished on the spot; and in these, preferring truth to every other consideration, I have taken none
of those liberties with which painters are apt to indulge themselves, from a desire of rendering their
representations of places more agreeable to the eye and better pictures. Not an object is here em-
bellished by strokes of fancy, nor is the situation of any one of them changed, excepting only in the
view of the Doric Portal [Chap. I.] where the fountain on the fore-ground is somewhat turned from
its real position; the inducement to which will be given in the description of that view. The figures
that are introduced in these views are drawn from nature, and represent the dress and appearance of
the present inhabitants of Athens.
Thus much for the motives which engaged us in this work, and for the manner in which the
execution of it has been conducted. The encouragement that we have met with from persons, the
most eminent for their dignity, their learning, and their love of the Arts, is an honour which we here
gratefully acknowledge. It has hitherto animated us in the progress of our work, and makes us hope
that this Volume may find a favorable reception.
JAMES STUART.
noble scene of antiquities to Samos, Miletus, Priene, and Mag-
nesia on the Meander, now called Guzel-Hissar, or Fair-Castle,
at which last place, to the infinite regret of all that knew him,
he died. The world will have the pleasure of admiring the num-
1 This distinguished Traveller, afterwards under Secretary of State, who died
in 1771, did not live to publish any researches (with the exception of his Essay
her and beauty of the remains in Asia Minor, when Mr. Wood's'
leisure will permit him to publish that part of his travels.
a These edifices are described by the learned Pococke in his
' Travels in the East,' Vol. n. B. in. c. vi. [ed.]
on the Genius of Homer, 4to.) after his splendid productions in conjunction with
Mr. Dawkins, on the Antiquities of Palmyra, and Balbcc. Fol. 1753-57. [ed.]
DESC1
oi
GENERAL
VII
PL
iew of Athc
,!SAmis antLEgina, and I
,thefoot of Moun
.■ called, by Wheler;
atkfrontof a reservoir that
sttconveyed the water to tl
jsoboouo, the Brilessus of tlie
King references, whii
.iswli other imaginary horizc
so the upper and lower ma
-»W by numeral char;
il characti
«, called Card,,
: 'Wm crosses a consi
'^"..ccordr
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01 the I
l(j
PItEFACE,
of Greece, or in any other places of the Levant, whereas the letter can only relate to those places which
Mr. Bouverie had actually visited.
We quitted Athens at the end of the year 1753, and went to Thessalonica,'now called Salonica;
where we were received, and treated for some months with great hospitality, by P. Paradise, Esquire,
the British Consul at that place. Here we copied the remains of a very ancient and beautiful Co-
rinthian colonnade; and should have added to them some remarkable buildings supposed to be of
the a^e of Theodosius", but that a most destructive pestilence, which broke out while we were here,
rendered the measuring of them unsafe, and indeed impracticable. In our way from hence to Smyrna,
we visited several of the islands in the iEgean Sea, corruptly called the Archipelago. From Smyrna
we set out for England, where we arrived in the beginning of the year 1755, having spent in all near
five years in this laborious and expensive expedition from Home to Athens, and from thence to London.
The architectural Prints compose, I imagine, the most useful and interesting part of this
Work; and at the same time, that, which I apprehend is least liable to censure, for our joint en-
deavours were here diligently employed, and my friend, Mr. Iievett, wholly confined his attention to
this part. If, nevertheless, any one should doubt of the accuracy of the measures, because they differ
so greatly from those which Mons. Le Roy has given, I can only assure him, that in a considerable
number of them, at the taking of which I assisted Mr. Revett, and in many others, which occa-
sionally I have measured after him, I have always found reason to praise his exactness.
It is now time to acknowledge that all the mistakes and inaccuracies, which the reader may
meet with in the Preface, or in the ensuing Chapters, are to be charged wholly to my account. In each
chapter I have generally given the modern Athenian name of the Antiquity there treated of, and also
that by which it is mentioned in the writings of Sir George Wheler and Dr. Spon. I have likewise
added my own conjectures concerning its ancient name, and the purpose for which it was erected.
After this follows the description of the Plates, and some observations on the errors of other travellers,
who have visited and described these Antiquities.
I must likewise answer for whatever faults have been committed, either in delineating the Sculp-
tures or painting the Views which are engraven in this Work: my utmost diligence however has been
used to render them faithful representations of the originals. The Sculptures were, for the most part,
measured with the same care and exactness that was bestowed on the Architecture. The Views were
all finished on the spot; and in these, preferring truth to every other consideration, I have taken none
of those liberties with which painters are apt to indulge themselves, from a desire of rendering their
representations of places more agreeable to the eye and better pictures. Not an object is here em-
bellished by strokes of fancy, nor is the situation of any one of them changed, excepting only in the
view of the Doric Portal [Chap. I.] where the fountain on the fore-ground is somewhat turned from
its real position; the inducement to which will be given in the description of that view. The figures
that are introduced in these views are drawn from nature, and represent the dress and appearance of
the present inhabitants of Athens.
Thus much for the motives which engaged us in this work, and for the manner in which the
execution of it has been conducted. The encouragement that we have met with from persons, the
most eminent for their dignity, their learning, and their love of the Arts, is an honour which we here
gratefully acknowledge. It has hitherto animated us in the progress of our work, and makes us hope
that this Volume may find a favorable reception.
JAMES STUART.
noble scene of antiquities to Samos, Miletus, Priene, and Mag-
nesia on the Meander, now called Guzel-Hissar, or Fair-Castle,
at which last place, to the infinite regret of all that knew him,
he died. The world will have the pleasure of admiring the num-
1 This distinguished Traveller, afterwards under Secretary of State, who died
in 1771, did not live to publish any researches (with the exception of his Essay
her and beauty of the remains in Asia Minor, when Mr. Wood's'
leisure will permit him to publish that part of his travels.
a These edifices are described by the learned Pococke in his
' Travels in the East,' Vol. n. B. in. c. vi. [ed.]
on the Genius of Homer, 4to.) after his splendid productions in conjunction with
Mr. Dawkins, on the Antiquities of Palmyra, and Balbcc. Fol. 1753-57. [ed.]
DESC1
oi
GENERAL
VII
PL
iew of Athc
,!SAmis antLEgina, and I
,thefoot of Moun
.■ called, by Wheler;
atkfrontof a reservoir that
sttconveyed the water to tl
jsoboouo, the Brilessus of tlie
King references, whii
.iswli other imaginary horizc
so the upper and lower ma
-»W by numeral char;
il characti
«, called Card,,
: 'Wm crosses a consi
'^"..ccordr
«•* * is „
*»iuhtPcl0I
1 have m
^iw habit
01 the I