Francis Dashwood [ Association / Associational culture ]
… in the reconstructions of his family seat in West Wycombe and the founding of the Dilettanti – Dashwood’s tour to Greece and Turkey saw him indulge in fantasies of the Orient, leading directly to the creation of the Divan Club. Despite … diary can be found at the Bodleian Library, MS D.D. Dashwood (Bucker) B. 12/1. Dashwood’s travels to Italy and later Greece can be linked directly to the founding of the Society of Dilettanti, whose goal was ‘promoting knowledge and … James Stuart’s and Nicholas Revett’s The Antiquities of Athens (1762), previously having sponsored their journey to Greece in 1751. They also ‘played a part in the foundation of the Royal Academy’ in 1768. 9 The first minutes date back …
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