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Royal Academicians

2 of 7 portraits of George Dance

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Royal Academicians

by Charles (Cantelowe, Cantlo) Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
25 3/8 in. x 31 3/4 in. (645 mm x 805 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1868
Reference Collection
NPG D10716

Artistsback to top

Charles (Cantelowe, Cantlo) Bestland (1763-1837), Painter. Artist associated with 25 portraits.
Henry Singleton (1766-1839), Painter. Artist associated with 13 portraits.

Sittersback to top

John Bacon the Elder (1740-1799), Sculptor. Sitter in 9 portraits, Artist associated with 5 portraits. Identify
Thomas Banks (1735-1805), Sculptor. Sitter in 7 portraits, Artist associated with 4 portraits. Identify
James Barry (1741-1806), Painter. Sitter in 8 portraits, Artist associated with 9 portraits. Identify
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), Engraver. Sitter in 16 portraits, Artist associated with 164 portraits. Identify
Sir William Beechey (1753-1839), Portrait painter. Sitter in 7 portraits, Artist associated with 251 portraits. Identify
Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois (1756-1811), Landscape painter; founder of Dulwich Picture Gallery. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
Edward Burch (1730-1814), Painter. Sitter in 5 portraits, Artist of 1 portrait. Identify
Charles Catton the Elder (1728-1798), Painter. Sitter in 7 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait. Identify
Sir William Chambers (1723-1796), Architect. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), Painter. Sitter in 5 portraits, Artist associated with 21 portraits. Identify
Richard Cosway (1742-1821), Miniature painter. Sitter in 16 portraits, Artist associated with 98 portraits. Identify
George Dance (1741-1825), Architect and portrait draughtsman. Sitter in 7 portraits, Artist associated with 322 portraits. Identify
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740-1812), Painter. Sitter in 3 portraits, Artist associated with 4 portraits. Identify
Joseph Farington (1747-1821), Landscape painter and diarist. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), Painter. Sitter in 11 portraits, Artist associated with 3 portraits. Identify
Edmund Garvey (1740-1813), Painter. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
William Hamilton (1751-1801), History painter. Sitter in 5 portraits, Artist associated with 12 portraits. Identify
William Hodges (1744-1797), Painter. Sitter in 6 portraits, Artist associated with 5 portraits. Identify
John Hoppner (1758-1810), Painter. Sitter in 13 portraits, Artist associated with 213 portraits. Identify
Ozias Humphry (1742-1810), Painter. Sitter in 7 portraits, Artist associated with 44 portraits. Identify
Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), Painter. Sitter in 9 portraits, Artist associated with 22 portraits. Identify
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Sitter in 25 portraits, Artist associated with 689 portraits. Identify
Mary Lloyd (née Moser) (1744-1819), Artist; founding member of the Royal Academy. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
Joseph Nollekens (1737-1823), Sculptor. Sitter in 14 portraits, Artist associated with 19 portraits. Identify
James Northcote (1746-1831), Painter; pupil and biographer of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Sitter associated with 23 portraits, Artist associated with 103 portraits. Identify
John Opie (1761-1807), Portrait and history painter. Sitter in 13 portraits, Artist associated with 148 portraits. Identify
John Inigo Richards (1731-1810), Landscape and scene painter. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
John Francis Rigaud (1742-1810), Painter. Sitter in 5 portraits, Artist associated with 8 portraits. Identify
John Russell (1745-1806), Portrait painter and pastellist. Sitter associated with 6 portraits, Artist associated with 102 portraits. Identify
Paul Sandby (1725-1809), Watercolour painter and engraver and a founder of the Royal Academy of Arts. Sitter in 14 portraits, Artist associated with 4 portraits. Identify
Thomas Sandby (1721-1798), Draughtsman and architect; brother of Paul Sandby. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
Robert Smirke (1753-1845), Painter and illustrator. Sitter in 8 portraits, Artist associated with 23 portraits. Identify
Thomas Stothard (1755-1834), Painter and illustrator. Sitter in 14 portraits, Artist associated with 34 portraits. Identify
William Tyler (active circa 1760-died 1801), Sculptor and architect. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
Benjamin West (1738-1820), History painter and President of the Royal Academy. Sitter associated with 43 portraits, Artist associated with 39 portraits. Identify
Richard Westall (1765-1836), History painter. Sitter in 6 portraits, Artist associated with 13 portraits. Identify
Francis Wheatley (1747-1801), Painter. Sitter associated with 5 portraits, Artist associated with 10 portraits. Identify
Joseph Wilton (1722-1803), Sculptor. Sitter in 9 portraits, Artist associated with 7 portraits. Identify
James Wyatt (1746-1813), Architect. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733-1810), Painter of portraits and conversation pieces. Sitter associated with 11 portraits, Artist associated with 46 portraits. Identify

Related worksback to top

NPG D36021: Key to Royal Academicians (source portrait)

Placesback to top

Place portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Council Room, Royal Academy of Arts, Somerset House, London)

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1802back to top

Current affairs

After returning from Naples, Nelson tours England with the diplomat and antiquarian Sir William Hamilton and his wife Emma, with whom he was having an affair. With Nelson's status confirmed as a national hero, their reception outrivals that of the King.
Extensive strikes in government shipyards led by John Gast.

Art and science

Francis Jeffrey, MP and arbiter of literary taste, co-founds the Edinburgh Review, the influential Whig quarterly which voiced strong criticism of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey.
The Exchange, where stocks were traded, is rebuilt to cope with an increase in business during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

International

Peace of Amiens; Britain finally agrees to unpopular peace, leaving France the chief power in Europe and returning recent British colonial acquisitions.
Napoleon is declared First Consul of the French Empire for life.
English flock to see the international war plunder now on display at the Louvre in Paris.

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