Nathaniel Dance-Holland

Nathaniel Dance, self-portrait, around 1773, oil on canvas, 73.7 × 61 cm ( National Portrait Gallery )

Nathaniel Dance-Holland RA (born May 18, 1735 in Great Britain , † October 15, 1811 in Little Wittenham near Didcot ) was a British portrait painter and politician .

Nathaniel was born the third son of the architect George Dances the Elder . He studied with Francis Hayman and deepened his studies in Italy, partly together with his brother George Dance the younger . In Rome he met Angelica Kauffmann . In 1761 he was elected a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists . Back in London in 1768 he was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts . Among other things, he received orders to paint the portraits of King George III. , the navigator James Cook and the actor David Garrick .

In 1790 Dance married Harriet, daughter of Cecil Bishopp and widow of Thomas Dummer, who died in 1781, both members of parliament . He gave up the painting career and from then on devoted himself to politics. Out of respect for a certain Charlotte Holland of Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, he added “Dance-Holland” to his family name. From 1790 until his death in 1811 he was a member of the Parliament of Great Britain and from 1801 the Parliament of the United Kingdom . From 1790 to 1802 he represented East Grinstead , from 1802 to 1806 Great Bedwyn , and from 1807 again East Grinstead. Dance-Holland died in Little Wittenham northeast of Didcot in 1811 ; his wife lived until 1825.

literature

Charles John Robinson: Holland, Nathaniel Dance– . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 27: Hindmarsh - Hovenden. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1891, p. 151 .
Nathaniel Dance, 1735-1811. Greater London Council, London 1977, ISBN 0-7168-0915-X . (Exhibition catalog: Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, June 25 to September 4, 1977).

Web links

Commons : Nathaniel Dance - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Nathaniel Holland in Hansard (English)
^ Nathaniel Dance in the database of the Royal Academy of Arts , English, accessed on May 23, 2013.

personal data
SURNAME	Dance-Holland, Nathaniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British portrait painter and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 18, 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kingdom of Great Britain
DATE OF DEATH	October 15, 1811
Place of death	Little Wittenham at Didcot

[1] Nathaniel Holland in Hansard (English)

[2] Nathaniel Dance in the database of the Royal Academy of Arts , English, accessed on May 23, 2013.