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Nathaniel Dance-Holland

20 works

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Group portrait of a family in a landscape beneath a large oak tree, with a man, a woman in pink, children, and a seated boy.

The Pybus family

1769

Seated man in white wig and gold-trimmed ceremonial robe with a jeweled chain, against a dark draped background.

A Lord Mayor of London

1760

Oil portrait of a seated man in a gold-embroidered black robe, lace collar, grey wig and tricorn hat, holding a book.

Charles Pratt (1714-1794), 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor

1769

Seated man in grey coat and white wig holding a small book, with leather-bound books and green drapery behind him.

Tobias Smollet

1764

Four men in colorful 18th-century coats pose outdoors beside a tree, a carved urn, and ruins, with three dogs nearby.

James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne

1760

Man in brown coat playing a gilded harp, with a violin and music on a table and a painter with palette behind him.

Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti and Giovanni Battista Tempesti

1759

Full-length portrait of an older man in brown coat and grey wig with a walking stick and spaniel beside an oak tree.

Thomas "Sense" Browne

1775

Painting of a shaded tree-lined path with two seated women, a standing woman with a dog, and red-roofed buildings on a distan

View near Rome

1754

Oil portrait of a seated man in a white wig, black robe with gold embroidery, and lace cuffs, before red drapery.

Portrait of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714-1794)

1767

Oil portrait of a man in a red coat with fur collar, white cravat and green waistcoat, against a dark background.

Nathaniel Dance

1773

Portrait of a seated man in a white wig and gold-embroidered dark robe, with a blue sash, before red drapery.

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford

1773

Portrait of a seated man in a white wig and brown coat, hands resting on an open book at a green-draped table.

Arthur Murphy

1811

Portrait of a man in gold-braided naval uniform pointing at a chart, with a tricorn hat and sea view behind him.

Captain James Cook, 1728-79

1776

Oval portrait of a woman in blue lace dress holding a squirrel on a chain, with pearls and a flowered headpiece.

Portrait of Olive Craster

1762

John Hunter. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1849, after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1793

Engraved portrait of Captain James Cook in naval coat, surrounded by vignettes of ships, canoes and island figures.

James Cook. Engraving by J. Rogers after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776

Line engraving portrait of Captain James Cook seated beside a chart and sextant, in eighteenth-century naval dress.

James Cook. Line engraving by J. Horsburgh after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a lace bonnet and ruffled gown playing a cittern, looking upward.

An Elegant Lady Playing a Cittern

1770

Engraved oval portrait of Captain James Cook in a wig and naval coat, surrounded by ornate nautical objects and a tricorn hat

James Cook. Line engraving by G. A. Liebe after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a lace-trimmed gown and wide hat, playing a cittern and gazing upward.

Woman Playing a Cittern

c. 1770

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