George Dance (1741-1825), Architect and portrait draughtsman
Sitter 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
pencil and red crayon, (1793)
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by George Dance
pencil, crayon and wash, 1793
NPG 1139
by William Daniell, after George Dance
pencil and red crayon, circa 1802-1814 (1793)
NPG 3089(7)
by William Daniell, after George Dance
pencil, circa 1802-1814 (1793)
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Hester Lynch Piozzi (née Salusbury; Mrs Thrale)
by George Dance
pencil, 1793
NPG 1151
by George Dance
pencil and grey wash, 1793
NPG 1157
by George Dance
pencil, with traces of pink on the cheeks and lips, on paper, 1794
NPG 1138
Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 7th Bt
by George Dance
pencil and chalk, 1794
NPG 1142
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh)
by George Dance
pencil, 1794
NPG 1141
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