Francis Dashwood [ Association / Associational culture ]
… of Beefsteaks; the Society of Antiquaries; the Lincoln Club; the Royal Society ; the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce – shows that he was an eminently clubbable figure. Aside from the Brotherhood and his … Dashwood was a well-traveled man. Like many of his upper-class contemporaries, Dashwood undertook a Grand Tour, starting in 1726 at the age of eighteen. Not much is known about his initial years of travel, except that he first visited … to the founding of the Society of Dilettanti, whose goal was ‘promoting knowledge and understanding of classical art and taste in England’ (Kemp 101). The Dilettanti helped publish works in the field, most notably James Stuart’s and …
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