▁entitled ▁Dis sert atio ▁de ▁qu ibus dam ▁Monument is ▁Roman is ▁& c , ▁written ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 0 ▁but ▁not ▁published ▁until ▁ 1 7 5 0 . ▁For ▁up wards ▁of ▁twenty ▁years ▁he ▁also ▁carried ▁on ▁a ▁learned ▁correspond ence ▁with ▁Roger ▁G ale , ▁the ▁English ▁anti qu ary , ▁which ▁forms ▁a ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁R eli quia e ▁Britannica ▁of ▁ 1 7 8 2 . ▁ ▁Pat ron ▁of ▁the ▁arts ▁ ▁Sir ▁John ▁C ler k ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁friends ▁and ▁pat rons ▁of ▁the ▁poet ▁All an ▁R ams ay ▁who , ▁during ▁his ▁latter ▁years , ▁spent ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁time ▁at ▁Pen ic u ik ▁House . ▁His ▁son , ▁Sir ▁James ▁C ler k , ▁ere cted ▁at ▁the ▁family ▁seat ▁an ▁ob el isk ▁to ▁R ams ay ' s ▁memory . ▁Sir ▁John ▁was ▁a ▁patron ▁to ▁various ▁other ▁artists ▁and ▁architect s , ▁and ▁even ▁d ab bled ▁in ▁architecture ▁himself . ▁ ▁Musical ▁talent ▁ ▁C ler k ▁had ▁a ▁musical ▁bent ▁also , ▁and ▁while ▁in ▁Rome ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁t utor ed ▁by ▁the ▁Bar o que ▁composer ▁Arc ang elo ▁Cor elli , ▁but ▁his ▁own ▁work ▁has ▁often ▁been ▁over look ed , ▁primarily ▁since ▁the ▁only ▁record ▁of ▁his ▁composition ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁his ▁own ▁papers . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁hum orous ▁songs ▁was ▁O ▁mer ry ▁may ▁the ▁ma id ▁be ▁that ▁mar ries ▁the ▁mill er