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George Dance the Younger RA (1 April 1741 – 14 January 1825) was an English architect and surveyor as well as a portraitist. The fifth and youngest son of the architect George Dance the Elder, he came from a family of architects, artists and dramatists.
George Dance, the Younger (born 1741, London, Eng.—died Jan. 14, 1825, London) was a British architect who was responsible for extensive urban redevelopment in London. He was a founding member of Great Britain’s Royal Academy of Arts.
Feb 8, 2018 · The architect George Dance the Younger was the son of George Dance the Elder (c.1694-1768), who was also an architect and is best-known for designing the Mansion House (1739-52) for the Lord Mayor of London.
GEORGE DANCE, the Younger, was the son of George Dance, the Elder (1700-1768), Clerk of the City Works to the Corporation of London from 1734 to 1768 and an architect celebrated in his time as the designer of various London churches,1 the Mansion House, and the old Fleet Market. The Dances were a remarkable family, and the elder Dance
George Dance the Younger RA (1 April 1741 – 14 January 1825) was an English architect and surveyor as well as a portraitist. The fifth and youngest son of the architect George Dance the Elder, he came from a family of architects, artists and dramatists.
George Dance the Younger was born in London on 1 April 1741, the youngest of five surviving sons and with a younger sister. He enjoyed a Classical education at St Paul's School in the City of London and probably received some architectural training under his father, George Dance the Elder (1695-1768) before being sent, at the age of 17, to Rome.
George Dance [also known as George Dance, the younger; and as George Dance, Junior] was born in London, England on 20 March 1741. He was the son of the architect George Dance, the elder (c.1694-1768) who had designed the Mansion House (1739-52) for the Lord Mayor of London.
