James Cobb

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NPG 3900 is rather more worked than usual for a Dance drawing. A copy by William Daniell, inscribed J. Cobb, sold Sotheby’s, 11 July 1991, lot 102.

Provenanceback to top

The artist's grandson, the Rev George Dance; his sale, Christie's, 1 July 1898, lot 36; Walker’s Galleries, from whom purchased 1954.

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New Year's Exhibition, Walker's Galleries, 1953 (29).

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W. Daniell (A Collection of Portraits sketched from the Life since the Year 1973 by George Dance Esqr. R.A. and engraved in imitation of the Original Drawings by William Daniell, A.R.A., 2 vols, 1814).


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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