Capability Brown
1 portrait
Capability Brown
after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
oil on canvas, circa 1770?
24 in. x 20 in. (610 mm x 508 mm) oval
Purchased, 1908
Primary Collection
NPG 1490
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Sitterback to top
- Lancelot ('Capability') Brown (1716-1783), Landscape gardener. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt) (1735-1811), Painter. Artist associated with 62 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 75
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 81



