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	Thomas Lawrence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His debut as a crayon portrait painter was made at Oxford, where he was well patronized, and in 1782 the family settled in Bath, where the young artist soon found himself fully employed in taking crayon likenesses of the fashionables of the place at a guinea or a guinea and a half a head.
		He was it once appointed painter to the Dilettanti Society, and principal painter to the king in lieu of Reynolds.
		In 1794 he was a Royal Academician, and he became the fashionable portrait painter of the age, having as his sitters all the rank, fashion and talent of England, and ultimately most of the crowned heads of Europe.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Lawrence (588 words)

	James Barry (painter) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This proposal was at the time rejected by the artists; but in 1777 Barry made an offer to paint the whole on condition that he was allowed the choice of his subjects, and that he would be paid by the society the costs of canvas, paints and models.
		He finished the series of pictures after seven years to the satisfaction of the members of the society, who granted him two exhibitions, and at subsequent periods voted him 50 guineas, a gold medal, and a further 200 guineas.
		This recommendation was not relished, and in 1799 Barry was expelled from the Academy soon after the appearance of his Letter to the Dilettanti Society, an eccentric publication, full of enthusiasm for his art and at the same time of contempt for the living professors of it.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Barry_(painter) (1119 words)

	ROYAL ACADEMY - LoveToKnow Article on ROYAL ACADEMY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sir James Thornhill, his son-in-law Hogarth, the Dilettanti Society, made efforts in this direction, but their schemes were wrecked by want of means.
		Two societies were quickly formed, one calling itself the " Society of Artists " and the other the " Free Society of Artists." The latter ceased to exist in 1774.
		The former flourished, and in 1765 was granted a royal charter under the title of the " Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain." But though prosperous it was not united.
	55.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AC/ACADEMY_ROYAL.htm (135 words)

	Knidos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The walls, both insular and continental, can be traced throughout their whole circuit; and in many places, especially round the acropolis, at the northeast corner of the city, they are remarkably perfect.
		Our knowledge of the site is largely due to the mission of the Dilettante Society in 1812, and the excavations executed by C T Newton in 1857-1858.
		The agora, the theatre, an odeum, a temple of Dionysus, a temple of the Muses, a temple of Aphrodite and a great number of minor buildings have been identified, and the general plan of the city has been very clearly made out.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cnidus (583 words)

	Thomas Lawrence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		His debutas a crayon portrait painter was made at Oxford, where he was well patronized, and in 1782 the family settled in Bath, where the young artist soon found himself fully employed in taking crayon likenesses of thefashionables of the place at a guinea or a guinea and a half a head.
		In 1784 he gained theprize and silver-gilt palette of the Society of Arts for a crayon drawing after Raphael 's "Transfiguration," and presently beginning to paint in oil.
		Throwing aside the idea of going on the stage which he had for a short time entertained, he came to London in 1787, was kindly received by Reynolds,and entered as a student at the Royal Academy.
	www.therfcc.org /thomas-lawrence-125497.html (529 words)

	Memoirs and portraits of one hundred Glasgow men: John McGavin, 1816-1881
		This society, which existed after this for many years, was "an association of artists, amateurs, and connoisseurs" prompted by a love for art.
		The last expiring public work of the Dilettanti Society was made in April, 1843, when for charitable purposes it brought together an exhibition of old masters and of some modern works which had appeared at former Dilettanti exhibitions.
		The Society prospered from its commencement under good management, and has now so thoroughly established a love for art in Glasgow, that during the year ending 31st August, 1883, no less than £2,886 was received for admission money, catalogues, and commission in connection with an autumn and a spring exhibition held in the galleries.
	gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk /100men/gm56.htm (2417 words)

	Royal Academy
		The Dilettanti Society, founded in 1734 from a group of wealthy art amateurs, also became interested in the concept of a British academy, and in 1755 they held discussions with Hogarth's St Martin's Lane Academy in an effort to set up such an institution.
		However, the Dilettanti Society felt the best way would be for themselves to be in charge of the proposed institution, and to choose the President, and the St Martin's Academy could not agree to this.
		In 1765 the Society of Artists were given a Royal Charter, and by this time all the well-known artists working in Britain had become members, and the Society had a good income from entrance fees to its exhibitions.
	www.goodallartists.ca /royal.htm (927 words)

	Visual Art Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		They provide that the principal aim of the society is to strengthen the connection between the dilettanti on the one hand on and the other the relations between the artists and the art collectors.
		Among the initial activities the society intends to organize are visits to artists, museums and exhibitions, to invite specialists to give lectures on the visual arts and to arrange other educational and entertaining events where members are able to enjoy the visual arts together and get to know what is in the pipes.
		Another activity the society intends to organize is for members to visit museums and exhibitions abroad with the guidance of persons knowledgeable in the field, as well as to establish relations between the society and comparable groups abroad with the aim of cooperation.
	www.armannr.com /english/sjonlistarfelag_e.htm (549 words)

	STRINGER LAWRENCE - LoveToKnow Article on STRINGER LAWRENCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		His debut as a crayon portrait painter was mad employed in taking crayon likenesses of the fashionables of the >lace at a guinea or a guinea and a half a head.
		Throwing aside the idea of going on the stage which he had for a short time entertained, he came o London in 1787, was kindly received by Reynolds, and entered as a student at the Royal Academy.
		He was it once appointed painter to the Dilettanti society, and principal >ainter to the king in room of Reynolds.
	80.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LAWRENCE_STRINGER.htm (950 words)

	Thomas Lawrence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		His as a crayon portrait painter was made Oxford where he was well patronized and 1782 the family settled in Bath where the young artist soon found fully employed in taking crayon likenesses of fashionables of the place at a guinea a guinea and a half a head.
		Throwing aside the idea of going on stage which he had for a short entertained he came to London in 1787 was kindly received by Reynolds and entered as a student at Royal Academy.
		He was it appointed painter to the Dilettanti society and painter to the king in lieu of Reynolds.
	www.freeglossary.com /Thomas_Lawrence (809 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sir Henry Charles Englefield
		In 1778 at the early age of twenty-six he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in the following year Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
		Under his direction the society produced between 1797 and 1813 the series of engravings of English cathedrals, to which series he contributed the dissertations on Durham, Gloucester, and Exeter.
		In 1781 Englefield joined the Dilettanti Society and acted as its secretary for fourteen years.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05472a.htm (516 words)

	Harvard College Library Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		January 2, 2002 -- In the middle decades of the eighteenth century the most influential supporters in the documentation of classical antiquity were members of the Society of Dilettanti, British connoisseurs who undertook considerable obstacles to travel through the eastern Mediterranean examining, measuring, and drawing classical architecture with painstaking precision.
		The impact of these romantic depictions outweighed Dilettanti's achievement; not until the advent of academic neo-classicism did the Dilettanti receive recognition for their accuracy in topography and edifice measurement.
		The Measure of Ruins: Dilettanti in the Levant, 1750-1770, is on display through January 26 in the Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library.
	hcl.harvard.edu /news/stories/measure_of_ruins.html (325 words)

	Historical Glossary (d-h)
		The idea that artisans should be respected for their contribution to society was loathed by the French aristocracy, and Diderot's emphasis on material things was considered anti-Christian.
		Diderot's dedication to expanding public knowledge and his recognition of the value of the ordinary worker was reflected in the egalitarian society developing in Virginia.
		The first reference to the society as the "Flat Hat Club" may date from the late nineteenth century, although it might reflect a contemporary nickname for the society.
	www.history.org /Almanack/resources/glossary/rsrcehg2.cfm (3974 words)

	Violence In Society - new and used books
		This was the first independent mission of the society (which had been formed about 1733 by some gentlemen fond of classical travel and antiquities).
		published at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti in 1769 (London, folio); the account of the architecture was by Revett, the historical part of the work being by Chandler.
		He challenges traditional views that Canadian ranching society was a microcosm of the "Old World", arguing that the greatest influence on ranchers and settlers was the need to deal with the frontier environment.
	www.isbn.pl /C-4/K-Violence-in-Society/C-4/K-Violence-in-Society/P-4 (2580 words)

	Glossary - Born Again Pagan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dashwood has been frequently described as a satanist, and it has been suggested that the secret society of which he was a member - generally referred to as the Hellfire Club although that name was not applied to it until long after Dashwood's death - was a lodge or temple of devil-worshippers.
		The exact date of the foundation of Dashwood's society is uncertain, but it was undoubtedly in existence by 1750 and seemed to have flourished until about 1762.
		The so-called 'Hellfire Club' was no more than a secret society dedicated to drunkenness and debauchery, thus resembling the slightly later Knuckle Club, a secret quasi-Masonic society of golfers at Blackheath which had several toasts, such as 'Stiff clubs and hard balls', which indicated the nature of its private activities.
	bornagainpagan.evangel-list.com /Glossary/DASHWOOD_SIR_FRANCIS.html (680 words)

	DILEMMA - LoveToKnow Article on DILEMMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Properly the word refers to an amateur as opposed to a professional cultivation of the arts, but like amateur it is often used in a depreciatory sense for one who is only a dabbler, or who only has a superficial knowledge or interest in art.
		The Dilettanti Society founded in 1733-1734 still exists in England.
		A history of the society, by Lionel Cust, was published in 1898.
	71.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DI/DILEMMA.htm (437 words)

	Vases From The Collection Of Sir Henry Englefield Bart, Drawn And Engraved By... - MOSES, H[ENRY] [1782?-1870] ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sir Henry Charles Englefield [1752-1822], antiquary and scientific writer, was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1779, serving for many years as one of its vice-presidents, and for a short time as president.
		Under his direction the society published a series of engravings of English cathedrals and churches, Englefield himself contributing to the descriptive dissertations (1797-1813).
		In 1781 he joined the Dilettanti Society, and was for fourteen years its secretary.
	www.antiqbook.com /boox/lak/ISEseMOS19.shtml (224 words)

	A Grand Tour, Visit to West Wycombe Park - Conservation News 81 - UKIC Furniture and Wood Section Newsletter
		The tour came to a close in the dining room, upon whose walls were hung an interesting array of portraits of Sir Francis Dashwood in various guises and costumes.
		Among these depictions of alter egos was Sir Francis in Oriental dress, bringing to mind the Divan Club, one of the many fellowships he founded, a society for those who had visited the Ottoman Empire.
		He remains however better known as the founder of the Dilettanti Society and the Hellfire Club.
	www.ukic.org.uk /fw/cn/81-1.htm (748 words)

	TIMELINE OF THE AUTHENTIC TRADITION: 1786 - 1790. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Though the London society was linked with Swedenborgian Masonic lodges in Avignon, Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm, a minority of English members distrusted the revolutionary leanings of the foreigners, and they determined to establish a separate dissenting church at Great Eastcheap.
		The Societé d'Aloyau, or The Society of the Sirloin, was established.
		This Society is said to have been a secret continuation of the Order of the Temple, which had been established by the Duke of Orleans in 1705, using the famed Charter of Transmission of John Mark Larmenius...
	www.antiqillum.com /texts/tl/TLSix-007.htm (4467 words)

	Whig and Clio (sidebar) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The project of erecting a new Hall is not only of vital importance to the Society itself, but also forms an essential part of a system of improvements commenced by the Alumni, and intended to render our College not inferior to any institution of the kind in this country.
		The erection of the new Halls is intimately connected with the improvement of the College grounds, as these edifices can be so placed in reference to the buildings now erected as to form with the latter a convenient and beautiful architectural arrangement.
		The splendid temple of Dionysus (Bacchus) in the Ionian city of Teos, situated on a peninsular of Asia Minor, is a model of the buildings in other respects.
	etc.princeton.edu /Campus/text_whigclio.html (528 words)

	ACADEMY, ROYAL - Online Information article about ACADEMY, ROYAL
		Hogarth, the Dilettanti Society, made efforts in this direction, but their schemes were wrecked by want of means.
		societies were quickly formed, one calling itself the " Society of Artists " and the other the " See also:
		Free Society of Artists." The latter ceased to exist in 1774.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /A10_ADA/ACADEMY_ROYAL.html (4363 words)

	Notebook
		Both the Dilettanti Society and the St. Martin's Lane Academy prepared plans for a royal academy.
		'the said Society shall consist of forty Members only, who shall be called Academicians of the Royal Academy; they shall all of them be artists by profession at the time of their admission'.
		It stipulated, amongst other things, that the academy should be governed by a council consisting of an elected president and eight other persons, and that an annual exhibition of paintings should be held, but it is the provision of art education which concerns us here.
	www.noteaccess.com /APPROACHES/ArtEd/History/Macdonald2.htm (2198 words)

	SCONE: Scottish Collections Network
		Contains the remnant of the library of a Glasgow art appreciation society which existed from 1825 until the mid-1840s.
		The material mostly consists of exhibition catalogues and manuscript records of the Society and much of it is rare or unique.
		The collection was donated at the eclipse of the Society to Anderson's College.
	scone.strath.ac.uk /service/portal/pColnShow.cfm?uColnID=5433 (91 words)

	House/Garden - West Wycombe Park, Hill & Village
		The Church, Dashwood Mausoleum and caves are not NT though open to the public.
		West Wycombe Park is a perfectly preserved rococo landscape garden, created in the mid 18th century by Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the Dilettanti Society and the Hellfire Club.
		The 18th century house is amongst the most theatrical and Italianate in England with its façade formed as classical temples.
	www.visitbuckinghamshire.org /attractions/info/housegdn/wwpark/index.htm (195 words)

	ECI Volume 12
		From Barry’s point of view, the painting represents the deterioration of his relationship with the Burke; Burke had warned Barry that his radical beliefs and outspokenness would only gain him enemies, while Barry "objected to a political climate which imposed restrictions on free expression".
		However, when he wrote his Letter to the Dilettanti Society defending fellow libertines Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, the Academicians were outraged and expelled him.
		Similarly, William Godwin’s tribute to Wollstonecraft, written shortly after her death, Memoirs of the Author of a Vindiction of the Rights of Women, was relentlessly attacked.
	www.mic.ul.ie /ecis/ECIvolume12.htm (1628 words)

	Dilettanti Society Collection, Special Collections Department - University of Strathclyde Library
		Dilettanti Society Collection [list of titles in this collection]
		Originally from the library of the Glasgow Dilettanti Society.
		Established in 1825 to promote the fine arts, the society was based mainly in the Andersonian until its demise in 1843.
	www.lib.strath.ac.uk /speccoll/dilettanti.htm (97 words)

	Victorian London - Entertainment and Recreation - Societies - Dilettanti Society
		DILETTANTI SOCIETY, THATCHED HOUSE TAVERN, ST. JAMES'S STREET.
		The character of the Club at the present day is materialy altered, and it is now composed of persons devoted to art and antiquarian studies.
		The members, about fifty in number, dine together on the first Sunday in every month from February to July.
	www.victorianlondon.org /entertainment/dilettantisociety.htm (82 words)

	Storytelling, History, and Identity in William Pars's Portrait of Three Friends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The portrait stands as a visual marker of the status of John Cholwich and affirms his ability to assume the mantle of a disinterested public servant, a member of a learned society, and thus, a legitimate heir of the social authority considered as prerequisite for elected representatives of the citizenry.
		The sarcophagus imitates the Roman models that were appearing in the prints of the Dilettanti Society publications, and the works of such artists as Joshua Reynolds and Pompeo Batoni.
		Reynolds's portraits of the members of the Dilettanti Society not only remind us of the ongoing study of these dedicated sponsors of Italian Opera, archaeology, and contemporary artists, but also draw attention to the role of artifacts in the articulation of connoisseurship (Penny, plates 109, 100).
	www.utpjournals.com /product/utq/662/662_stanworth.html (5894 words)

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