George Dance The Younger 1741-1825. British School 18th.Century pencil drawing, portrait study of James Hall. Signed, inscribed and dated July 2nd. 1791. 19.1 by 21.6 cms.
As well as being a noted portraitist Dance the younger was a highly successful architect and surveyor. The fifth and youngest son of the architect George Dance the Elder, he came from a family of architects, artists and dramatists. Described by Sir John Summerson as "among the few really outstanding British architects of the 18th.Century".