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 George Dance
pencil, 1800
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by George Dance
pencil, 1800
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
pencil, circa 1802-1814
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
pencil, circa 1802-1814
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
pencil, circa 1802-1814
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
pencil, circa 1802-1814
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by George Dance
pencil, 1803
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by George Dance
pencil, 1803
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Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Bt
by George Dance
pencil, 1807
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Marie Auguste Vestris ('A stranger at Sparta')
by Francesco Bartolozzi, by Benedetto Pastorini, probably after George Dance
etching and aquatint, published 2 April 1781
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Marie Auguste Vestris ('A stranger at Sparta')
by Francesco Bartolozzi, by Benedetto Pastorini, probably after George Dance
etching and aquatint, published 2 April 1781
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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, (11 March 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, (17 November 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (February 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (16 March 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, (6 April 1793)
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (7 July 1793)
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