Granville Sharp
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Granville Sharp
by George Dance
1794
9 3/4 in. x 7 1/4 in. (248 mm x 184 mm)
NPG 1158
Inscriptionback to top
Signed and dated in pencil, bottom left: Geo: Dance/July 3d 1794, the date reinforced in ink; laid down on a contemporary washed mount lettered: GRANVILLE SHARP.
Provenanceback to top
The artist’s grandson, the Rev George Dance; his sale, Christie’s, 1 July 1898, lot 124, bought Colnaghi for the NPG.
Reproductionsback to top
W. Daniell 1809 (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); T. Blood 1817; JS [James Sayers?] 1820; J. Pass 1827; G. Adcock 1833.
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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