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Collections of Dudley Snelgrove relating to Francis Grose

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Reference: SNE
Title: Collections of Dudley Snelgrove relating to Francis Grose
Date: 1772-1992
Description: Collections of Dudley Snelgrove, FSA (d. 1992) relating to Francis Grose, FSA (1731-91), Richmond Herald and topographer. A large collection of drawings by Grose for Antiquities of England and Wales (1772-6) is in SAL; Grose also published Antiquities of Scotland (1789-91) and Antiquities of Ireland (1791-5). See J.H.Farrant, 'The making of Francis Grose's Antiquities: evidence from Sussex', Sussex Arch. Collections, 131 (1993), 152-8; and 'The travels and travails of Francis Grose, FSA', A.J., 75 (1995), 365-80. A fuller description of the collection is in SAL.
Held by: Society of Antiquaries of London
Former department reference: SAL/MS/964/1-13; MS 964
Creator(s): Snelgrove, Dudley (c 1906 - 1992), collector and antiquary
Immediate source of acquisition: See SA Annual Report (1992-3), 56 (obituary of Dudley Snelgrove); A.J., 73 (1993), 178-80. Mostly presented in Feb.1995 by P Snelgrove and Mrs M Mackenzie, son and daughter of Dudley Snelgrove; SNE/001, 004, 008 presented by Martyn Gregory (Sotheby's sale, 19 Nov. 1992, lot 255).
Unpublished finding aids: Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sne
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/bd286d1d-9c7d-4a5b-baa3-6acaf418558b/