George Dance, the Younger

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Newgate Prison, London, drawing by George Dance the Younger; in Sir John Soane's Museum, London.

Samuel Arnold, detail of a pencil drawing by G. Dance, 1795; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Combe, portrait by George Dance, 1793; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Hester Lynch Piozzi, drawing by George Dance, 1793; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Rennell, detail from a pencil sketch by G. Dance, 1794; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Born	1741 • London • England
Died	January 14, 1825 (aged 84) • London • England
Movement / Style	Neoclassical art

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