DILETTAN TI (cid:2) DILETTA N TI THE ANTIC AND THE ANTIQUE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND (cid:2) BRUCE REDFORD THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM | LOS ANGELES THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | LOS ANGELES ©2008 The J. Paul Getty Trust Published by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute Getty Publications 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 500 Los Angeles, California 90049-1682 www.getty.edu Gregory M. Britton, Publisher Mark Greenberg, Editor in Chief Louise D. Barber, Copy Editor Benedicte Gilman, Editor Susan Amorde and Katrina Mohn, Photo Researchers Catherine Lorenz, Designer Diane Franco, Typesetter Anita Keys, Production Coordinator Cover: George Knapton, Sir Bourchier Wrey (see fi g. 1.8) Page ii: Sir Joshua Reynolds, Members of the Society of Dilettanti (see fi g. 4.3) Page vi: John Samuel Agar, “Marble statue of Hercules” (see fi g. 7.18a) Separations by Professional Graphics, Inc., Rockford, Illinois Printed by CS Graphics Pte Ltd, Singapore Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Redford, Bruce. Dilettanti : the antic and the antique in eighteenth-century England / Bruce Redford. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-89236-924-9 (hardcover) 1. Society of Dilettanti (London, England) 2. Art patronage— England—London—History—18th century. 3. Classical antiquities— Study and teaching—England—London—History—18th century. I. J. Paul Getty Museum. II. Getty Research Institute. III. Title. n12.r43 2008 706'.042—dc22 2007046891 For Dennis Crowley
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