Augustus Wollaston Franks
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks was a British antiquarian and museum administrator. Franks was described by Marjorie Caygill, historian of the British Museum, as "arguably the most important collector in the history of the British Museum, and one of the greatest collectors of his age."
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Funerary monument, Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Society of Antiquaries of London
The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society of historians and archaeologists in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1701, received its royal charter in 1751 and is a
registered charity. It is based at Burlington House in Piccadilly, a building owned by the UK government.
Entrance from Burlington House courtyard
The Society of Antiquaries of London at the University of London History Day, 2016
One of the rooms in the west wing used by the Society of Antiquaries
Vertue, 'The Gate at Whitehall' (Holbein Gate) in Vetusta Monumenta Vol.1, 1747 (1826)