Charles Burney
(1726-1814), Musician and historian of musicMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 10 portraits
An organist and musicologist, Charles Burney was the author of the monumental A General History of Music, (1776-89), and the father of Fanny Burney, the novelist and diarist.
by George Dance
pencil, 1794
NPG 1140
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
crayon, (1781)
NPG D14662
by Charles Loraine Smith (of Enderby), published by M. Rack
etching and aquatint, published 4 June 1782
NPG D14563
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, published 1 April 1784 (1781)
NPG D1149
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, published 1 April 1784 (1781)
NPG D13849
by Unknown artist
line engraving, published March 1785
NPG D14922
by James Barry
etching, published 1792 (1 May 1791)
NPG D14598
'A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds's'
by D. George Thompson, published by Owen Bailey, after James William Edmund Doyle
stipple and line engraving, published 1 October 1851
NPG D14518
by James Scott, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, late 19th century
NPG D929
Related People
- Charles Burney (son)
- Charles Rousseau Burney (nephew)
- Edward Francisco Burney (nephew)
- Frances 'Fanny' Burney (later Madame d'Arblay) (daughter)
- Susanna Phillips (née Burney) (daughter)
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