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George Dance

Also known as: George Dance; primary name: Dance, George
Details: individual; architect; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1741-1825
Biography: Architect, son of father of the same name (1695-1768), and brother of Nathaniel Dance (q.v.); Royal Academician. His highly-finished pencil profile portraits chiefly drawn in the 1790s (many in BM and RA) were published as etchings by William Daniell. A series of seventy-two soft ground etchings by William Daniell, after drawings by Dance of his contemporaries, were issued by Daniell in twelve parts priced at one guinea, between 1808 and 1814. Other plates were made, but never published. In BM P&D there is an album of nineteen proof drawings for use on the soft- ground plates (1956,1005.1-19) and a volume containing 146 etchings (1925, 0511.26.1-146). For more information, see Hugh Stokes, 'George Dance's "Heads", PCQ XVI (1929)
Bibliography: ODNB

381 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0528.69 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 After:George Dance |
Production date: 1798

drawing; album; print

Museum number: 1945,0515.10 |
Producer name: Drawn by:George DancePrint made by:William Daniell |
Production date: 1756-1825 1784-1837

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0603.5 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1790-1825

drawing; album

Museum number: 1898,0712.96 |
Producer name: BIOG68097 Drawn by:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1750-1811

drawing

Museum number: 1946,1014.1 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1809

drawing

Museum number: 1978,0415.8 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1761-1825

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.40 |
Producer name: Attributed to:George DanceFormerly attributed to:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1759

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.29 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1797

drawing

Museum number: 1898,1125.1 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1798

drawing; album

Museum number: 1898,0712.44-112 |
Producer name: BIOG68097 Drawn by:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1750-1811

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.16 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1794

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.36 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance

drawing; album

Museum number: 1898,0712.90 |
Producer name: BIOG68097 Drawn by:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1772

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.13 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1794

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.35 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.19 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.11 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1795

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0603.6 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1790-1825

drawing

Museum number: 1946,1014.2 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1809

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.15 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1795

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0603.8 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1817

drawing; album

Museum number: 1898,0712.66 |
Producer name: BIOG68097 Drawn by:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1760-1765

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0603.9 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1809

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.20 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.21 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1798

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0603.7 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1812

drawing

Museum number: 1884,1213.2 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1795

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.25 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1798

drawing

Museum number: 1953,0411.5 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1794

drawing; album

Museum number: 1898,0712.89 |
Producer name: BIOG68097 Drawn by:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1763

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.30 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1794

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.17 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.22 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1798

drawing

Museum number: 1967,1014.67 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793-1805

drawing

Museum number: 1946,1014.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1793-1837

drawing

Museum number: 1960,0716.8 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1761-1825

drawing

Museum number: 1980,1011.40 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1761-1825

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.27 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.14 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.34 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793

drawing; album

Museum number: 1898,0712.70 |
Producer name: BIOG68097 Drawn by:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1760-1763

drawing

Museum number: 1907,0515.86 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1790

drawing; album

Museum number: 1898,0712.72 |
Producer name: BIOG68097 Drawn by:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1767

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.26 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793

drawing

Museum number: 1898,1125.2 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1790-1825

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1956,1005.1-19 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1784-1814

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.23 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1795

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0603.10 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1798

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0803.1 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1796

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0603.4 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1790-1825

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0603.11 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1769-1837

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0603.2 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.24 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1798

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.12 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1794

drawing

Museum number: 1967,1014.66 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0603.3 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1803

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.18 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1793

drawing; album

Museum number: 1898,0712.98 |
Producer name: BIOG68097 Drawn by:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1759

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1898,0712.31 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0712.28 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Drawn by:George Dance |
Production date: 1794

drawing; album

Museum number: 1898,0712.95 |
Producer name: BIOG68097 Drawn by:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1774

drawing; album

Museum number: 1898,0712.71 |
Producer name: BIOG68097 Drawn by:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1767

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.105 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print

Title: Thomas Sandby |
Museum number: 1904,1130.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print; album

Title: Anstruther |
Museum number: 1925,0511.26.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1809

print

Title: William Seward A Collection of Portraits sketched from the Life s |
Museum number: I,6.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Title: Robt. Batty M.D. |
Museum number: 1925,0511.26.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.129 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print; album

Title: Major James Rennell |
Museum number: 1925,0511.26.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Dance, RA |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3824 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IAfter:John Jackson |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: Granville Sharp A Collection of Portraits sketched from the Life s |
Museum number: I,6.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.144 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print

Title: Sketch of a Design for the improvement of the Legal Quays between London Bridge & the Tower |
Museum number: G,14.11 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 After:George Dance |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1809

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print

Title: Robt. Batty M.D. A Collection of Portraits sketched from the Life s |
Museum number: I,6.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.108 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print

Title: Charles Knyvett Junr. Organist of St. George's, Hanover Square. |
Museum number: 1837,0513.194 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Title: Dr. Samuel Arnold |
Museum number: 1925,0511.26.75 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.121 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.119 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print; title-page

Title: Six Views of London |
Museum number: 1880,1113.5770 |
Producer name: BIOG24459 Print made by:William Daniell |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.126 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.57 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print

Title: Iohn Rennie Esqr A Collection of Portraits sketched from the Life s |
Museum number: 1978,U.1902 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: James Earl of Charlemont A Collection of Portraits sketched from the Life s |
Museum number: I,6.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1837,0513.184 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1790

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.141 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print; satirical print

Title: War |
Museum number: J,2.136 |
Producer name: Attributed to:George DanceFormerly attributed to:James Gillray |
Production date: 1783

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print

Title: Paul Sandby A Collection of Portraits sketched from the Life s |
Museum number: I,6.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: James Barry A Collection of Portraits sketched from the Life s |
Museum number: I,6.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1854,1211.267 |
Producer name: BIOG24416 Print made by:George Dance |
Production date: 1760-1767

print

Museum number: 1930,0414.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis EngleheartAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print; album

Title: James Northcote R.A. |
Museum number: 1925,0511.26.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print; album

Title: Caleb Whitefoord Esqr. |
Museum number: 1925,0511.26.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Museum number: 1925,0511.26.116 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802-1814

print

Title: Alexander Dalrymple A Collection of Portraits sketched from the Life s |
Museum number: I,6.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DaniellAfter:George Dance |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)