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George Dance the Younger

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English architect, surveyor and portraitist (1741-1825)

ArchitectsLived 1741 to 1825 · aged 83
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George Dance the Younger RA was an English architect, surveyor and painter who specialised in portrait painting. The fifth and youngest son of the architect George Dance the Elder, he came from a family of architects, artists and dramatists.

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George Dance the younger's Shakespeare Gallery building (1788), shown in 1851 after its purchase by the British Institution (from a wood-engraving in London edited by Charles Knight)George Dance the younger's Shakespeare Gallery building (1788), shown in 1851 after its purchase by the British Institution (from a wood-engraving in London edited by Charles Knight)91 Gower Street, London where Dance lived and died91 Gower Street, London where Dance lived and died

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George Dance the Younger RA was an English architect, surveyor and painter who specialised in portrait painting. The fifth and youngest son of the architect George Dance the Elder, he came from a family of architects, artists and dramatists. He was described by Sir John Summerson as "among the few really outstanding architects of the century", but few of his buildings remain.

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Architect
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deceased
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Lived 1741 to 1825 · aged 83
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