XYC289252 The Dilettanti Society, engraved by William Say, 1812 (mezzotint on paper) by Reynolds, Joshua (1723-92) (after); 50.2x37.1 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; (add.info.: The Society of Dilettanti (founded in London 1734 as a dining club) a group of noblemen and scholars sponsoring the study of ancient Greek and Roman art, here looking at a copy of \'Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities\' by d\'Hancarville Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, John Taylor, Stephen Payne-Gallway, Sir William Hamilton, Richard Thompson,Walter Spencer-Stanhope and John Lewin Smyth); English, out of copyright.