Gaetano Appolino Balthasar Vestris (Gaëtan Vestris)
(1729-1808), Dancing masterSitter in 4 portraits
Gaetano Appolino Balthasar Vestris (Gaëtan Vestris)
by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, oval, circa 1780-1781
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7108
Gaetano Appolino Balthasar Vestris (Gaëtan Vestris)
after Paul Sandby
etching and aquatint, (circa 1775-1800)
NPG D14465
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, 1781?
NPG D12297
Gaetano Appolino Balthasar Vestris (Gaëtan Vestris)
by John Sebastian Miller (formerly Johann Sebastian Müller)
line engraving, published 1781
NPG D14464
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