Nathaniel Dance-Holland

The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Positions recorded include member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom and member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom. Work by Nathaniel Dance-Holland is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Auckland Art Gallery and Tate.

• Name — Nathaniel Dance-Holland • Born — 8 May 1735 • Birthplace — London, England • Died — 15 October 1811 • Place of death — Winchester, Hampshire, England • Occupation — * Painter • politician

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.

On his return to Britain, 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. 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. 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. In 1807 he moved back to East Grinstead, serving until he died in 1811. He was made a baronet in 1800; the title became extinct on his death.

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. They lived at Little Wittenham Manor in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). His wife survived him until 1825. His nephew, Sir Nathaniel Dance, was an East India Company officer famous for his actions at the naval Battle of Pulo Aura in 1804.

• Illustration — Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti and Giovanni Battista Tempesti, 1760 • Illustration — Tobias Smollett, 1764 • Illustration — Portrait of Angelica Kauffman, 1764 • Illustration — Edward, Duke of York, 1765 • Illustration — The Meeting of Dido and Aeneas, 1766 • Illustration — Timon of Athens, 1767 • Illustration — Christian VII of Denmark, 1768 • Illustration — Earl Camden, c.1768 • Illustration — Portrait of George III, 1768 • Illustration — Portrait of Queen Charlotte, 1769 • Illustration — Portrait of Capability Brown, 1769 • Illustration — The Pybus Family, 1769 • Illustration — Samuel Barrington, 1770 • Illustration — Portrait of Robert Clive, 1770 • Illustration — David Garrick as Richard III at Bosworth, 1771 • Illustration — Lady Clive, c. 1770–74 • Illustration — Lord North, 1773 • Illustration — David Garrick, 1774 • Illustration — Portrait of James Cook, c. 1775 • Illustration — Martha Ray, 1777 • Illustration — Portrait of Arthur Murphy, 1777

He also worked under the names Dance, Nathaniel and Holland, Nathaniel Dance. The authorities additionally record the headings Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Nathaniel Dance, Nathaniel Dance Holland, Sir Nathaniel Dance and Sir Dance.

Nathaniel Dance-Holland worked in painting. His work is associated with realism. Recorded positions include member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain and member of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain. He belonged to Royal Academy of Arts. He worked at London.