Christopher Norton

Artist Nathaniel Dance (London, England, 1735 - 1811)

SitterSitter is Christopher Norton (London, England, c.1738 - 1799)

Date1760 - 1764

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 66 cm, Width: 52.8 cm
Frame: Height: 79.8 cm, Width: 63.6 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1979 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and the National Art Collections Fund (Ramsay-Dyce Bequest).

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG000185

Keywords

About MeChristopher Norton was an engraver. Trained at St Martin's Lane Aacademy, he was in Rome by 1760 where he became the partner of the Scottish collector and art dealer James Byres. This portrait of Norton as a young man may have been commissioned from Dance by Byres as it appears in the 1790 inventory of Byres' house in Rome. Norton later married Byres' niece. He died in 1799.
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Norton was an English engraver, associated with the notable Scottish art collector and dealer, James Byers, whose niece he married