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    • Nathaniel Dance (also known as Nathaniel Dance-Holland)
      Nov. 10, 2021

      Nathaniel Dance (also known as Nathaniel Dance-Holland)

      Est: $4,000 - $7,000

      Nathaniel Dance (also known as Nathaniel Dance-Holland) English, 1748-1827 Portrait of a Naval Officer thought to be Admiral Sir Peter Denis (ca. 1713-1778) Oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm) Provenance: The Marquess of Lansdowne Collection [Sale] Christie's London, March 7, 1930, lot 39 (£136-10s.) Purchased at the above sale by "Buttery," a dealer Howard Young Galleries, New York Purchased from the above on March 31, 1931 by William N. Davey, New York By inheritance to Cleatus Keating, New York By inheritance to the present owner Literature: A detail of this portrait was reproduced in Vice Admiral Boyle Somerville's Commodore Anson's Voyage into the South Seas and around the World (London, 1934), p. 33 This painting, formerly owned by the Marquess of Lansdowne, bears a very old label on the back identifying the sitter as Admiral Sir Peter Denis, and it was sold as such from the Lansdowne collection at Christie's in 1930. It is one of five known versions. Another in the National Maritime Museum (NMM) at Greenwich, England, was acquired as a portrait of an unknown captain in 1935 and identified as Denis from the present one. The NMM also has a record photograph of a third version, which appeared in Glasgow, already also identified as as portrait of Admiral Denis, in 1958. At some point between 1965 and 1968, two versions were reported to the NMM, one in the possession of Lord Crawford and the other with the Duke of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle. These two, however, were identified as portraits of Captain Sir Basil Keith, who died in 1777 but whose birth date was then unknown. In about 1968 the NMM also received advice from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, but for which the basis is no longer clear, that the sitter was probably Captain Keith and subsequently retitled its version accordingly (as it currently remains). Unfortunately no other portraits of Denis or Keith are yet known to make comparisons and, whoever the sitter, which of the painting versions is the original is also so far unclear. Not even photographs of the Crawford and Northumberland versions have yet been seen and the Glasgow portrait (needing attention in 1958) remains to be relocated. The present example, with the NMM and Glasgow versions (and reportedly the other two) all show the sitter in the 1767-1774 uniform of a Royal Naval captain. While the original source of the information is as yet also unknown, Keith is now reported to have been born in circa 1734. If so, he would have worn the uniform between the ages of about 33 and 40, but Denis (b.1713) would have worn it when he was 54 to 57. Simply on the sitter's apparent age, therefore, the identification as Denis appears to be the more likely. More work needs to be done, including to explain how Keith was introduced as an alternative. We would like to thank Dr. Pieter van der Merwe, Curator Emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England for his invaluable assistance in cataloguing this work. C 

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    • ENGLISH SCHOOL (EARLY 19TH CENTURY),
      Apr. 07, 2020

      ENGLISH SCHOOL (EARLY 19TH CENTURY),

      Est: £300 - £500

      ENGLISH SCHOOL (EARLY 19TH CENTURY), Shoulder length portrait of Commodore Sir Nathaniel Dance, oil on canvas, 58.5 x 49cm, in giltwood and gesso frame. Commodore Sir Nathaniel Dance (1748-1827) was most famous for averting the certain destruction of a large and valuable convoy by the use of deception and daring - for which he was awarded a Knighthood.

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    • Attributed to Nathaniel Dance Portrait of a Gentleman in a Blue Waistcoat Oil on canvas 35 3/4 x 28 1/4 inches (...
      Jan. 29, 2013

      Attributed to Nathaniel Dance Portrait of a Gentleman in a Blue Waistcoat Oil on canvas 35 3/4 x 28 1/4 inches (...

      Est: $1,000 - $2,000

      Attributed to Nathaniel Dance Portrait of a Gentleman in a Blue Waistcoat Oil on canvas 35 3/4 x 28 1/4 inches (90.8 x 71.7 cm) Provenance: Congressman James Fulton of Pennsylvania (1903-1971) Private collection, District of Columbia Acquired from the above by the present owner Note: The sitter has been identified as Ralph Congreve of Aldermaston Court, Berkshire (d. 1780). The frame was made by Chiswich and Dolman, important framers to the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery of London in the 19th Century. C 

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