Nathaniel Dance-Holland

Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1st Baronet RA (May 8, 1735 - Oct 15, 1811) was a notable English portrait painter and later a politician

The third son of architect George Dance the Elder, Dance 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 England, he became a successful portrait painter With Hayman and his architect brother George Dance the Younger, he was one of the founder 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 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, serving until 1806 In 1807 he returned to East Grinstead, serving until his death in 1811 He was made a baronet in 1800, which became extinct upon his death

He was married to Harriet, the daughter of Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet and the widow of Thomas Dummer (died 1781), 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 (1748–1827), was a well-known commander of British East India Company ships

Works:
Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti and Giovanni Battista Tempesti ale Center for British Art
The Meeting of Dido and Aeneas Tate Britain
Tobias Smollet Yale Center for British Art
James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne Yale Center for British Art
View near Rome Yale Center for British Art
Thomas "Sense" Browne Yale Center for British Art
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