Nathaniel Dance-Holland

Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1st Baronet RA (8 May 1735 – 15 October 1811) was an English painter and politician.

Early life

The third son of architect George Dance the Elder, Dance (he added the 'Holland' suffix later in life) studied art under Francis Hayman, and like many contemporaries also studied in Italy. There he met Angelica Kauffman, and painted several historic and classical paintings.

Career

On his return to England, he became a successful portrait painter. With Hayman and his architect brother, George, he was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768.^{[citation needed]}

Queen Charlotte Portrait by Nathaniel Dance-Holland, c. 1768

He was commissioned to paint King George III and his queen, plus Captain James Cook and actor David Garrick. His group portrait The Pybus Family (1769) is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.^[1]

A portrait of James Cook by Nathaniel Dance c. 1775

In 1790, he gave up his artistic career and became Member of Parliament for East Grinstead in Sussex. He served this seat until 1802 when he moved to Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, serving until 1806.^{[citation needed]}

In 1807 he returned to East Grinstead, serving until he died in 1811. He was made a baronet in 1800, which became extinct upon death.^{[citation needed]}

Family

He was married to Harriet, the daughter of Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet and the widow of Thomas Dummer, for whom his brother had designed the house at Cranbury Park, near Winchester.^[2] They lived at Little Wittenham Manor in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).^[3] His wife survived him until 1825.^[2] His nephew, Sir Nathaniel Dance, was an East India Company officer famous for his actions at the naval Battle of Pulo Aura in 1804.

Gallery

Notes

^ "Profile". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Horninghold, Gartree Hundred" (PDF). Victoria County History of Leicestershire. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
^ Ford, David Nash (2008). "Sir Nathaniel Dance Holland (1735-1811)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

References

External links

75 artworks by or after Nathaniel Dance-Holland at the Art UK site
Sherwin's engraving of the portrait of Captain Cook. with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838.
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Nathaniel Dance-Holland

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Richard Ford George Medley	Member of Parliament for East Grinstead 1790–1800 With: William Hamilton Nisbet 1790–96 James Strange from 1796	Parliament of Great Britain abolished
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New parliament	Member of Parliament for East Grinstead 1801–1802 With: James Strange	Succeeded by Sir Henry Strachey, Bt Daniel Giles
Preceded by John Wodehouse Sir Robert Buxton, Bt	Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1802–1806 With: Sir Robert Buxton, Bt	Succeeded by James Henry Leigh Viscount Stopford
Preceded by Sir Henry Strachey, Bt Daniel Giles	Member of Parliament for East Grinstead 1807–1811 With: Charles Rose Ellis	Succeeded by Richard Wellesley Charles Rose Ellis
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation	Baronet (of Wittenham) 1800–1811	Extinct

[1] "Profile". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009.

[Horninghold-2] "Horninghold, Gartree Hundred" (PDF). Victoria County History of Leicestershire. Retrieved 23 September 2009.

[rbhndh-3] Ford, David Nash (2008). "Sir Nathaniel Dance Holland (1735-1811)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

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