John Clowes Grundy (1806–1867) was an English printseller and art patron.

Life

Born at

Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area i ...

, Lancashire, on 3 August 1806, he was the eldest son of John Grundy, a cotton-spinner there and Elizabeth Leeming, his wife. He was first apprenticed in a Manchester warehouse. He then worked as an assistant to the printsellers Zanetti & Agnew, with partners Vittore Zanetti and Thomas Agnew. After Zanetti's death he became partner in a similar business, at first with Charles Fox,''British picture framemakers, 1630-1950 - G'', National Portrait Gallery page
and in 1835 with Charles Goadsby. In 1838 he carried on the business on his own account. Grundy had a reputation as one of the best judges of engravings in the country. As a patron of art, he was the friend of local artists, such as

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and William Bradley, and one of the first to appreciate the talent of David Cox,

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, and others. With his brother, Robert Hindmarsh Grundy of Liverpool, he had a share in founding the Printsellers' Association in London. Through his co-operation with Sir Francis Moon, the large volumes of

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's ''Sketches in the Holy Land, Egypt, &c.,'' were published. Grundy died on 19 May 1867, while on a visit in London, and his extensive collections were then dispersed. Two of his sons carried on the business. Thomas Leeming Grundy (1808–1841) the engraver was another of his brothers.

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External links

British Museum page
;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Grundy, John Clowes 1806 births 1867 deaths People from Bolton 19th-century English businesspeople