George Dance
(1741-1825), Architect and portrait draughtsmanSitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 322 portraits
George Dance trained and practised as an architect, succeeding his father to the office of Architect and Surveyor to the Corporation of London. His most important works included the rebuilding of Newgate prison, the designs for St Luke's Hospital and the front of Guildhall. He was one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768 and Professor of Architecture between 1798-1805. Dance is probably best known for the series of over 200 drawings of his friends and contemporaries which he 'sketched from life' between 1793 and 1810. The majority of these drawings are half-length profiles to the left, described by Joseph Farington in his diaries as exhibiting a 'remarkable likeness' to the sitter.
by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (28 November 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (10 November 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (11 March 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (13 April 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (24 March 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (11 March 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (10 March 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (17 November 1793)
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Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (23 September 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (7 July 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (28 November 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (10 November 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (21 August 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (17 July 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (11 March 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (8 December 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (17 November 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (2 June 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (14 December 1793)
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Hester Lynch Piozzi (née Salusbury, later Mrs Thrale)
by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (1793)
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