Francis Dashwood [ Association / Associational culture ]
… Not much is known about his initial years of travel, except that he first visited Germany and France, and ended up in Italy from 1729 onwards, eventually ‘signing the visitor’s book in Padua University’ in the spring of 1731, culminating … set him up with enduring friendships and provided inspiration for the clubs he was to found. On his first trip to Italy, he befriended the Abbé Antonio Niccolini (1701-1769), a friendship that would hold until the Abbé’s death in 1769. … got to know Montesquieu (1689-1755) as well as multiple other antiquaries and scholars. 5 Dashwood’s second journey to Italy in 1739 saw him briefly in the company of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) as well as Horace Walpole …
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