| The Pybus Family | |
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| Artist | Nathaniel Dance-Holland |
| Year | c.1769 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 142.8 cm× 140.2 cm(56.22 in× 55.19 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
The Pybus Family is a c.1769 portrait painting by the British artist Nathaniel Dance-Holland. [1] [2] A group portrait, it features the East India Company official John Pybus, his wife Martha Pybus and their four children. Having spent many years abroad in India and the Dutch East Indies before returning with his family to England in 1768. Dance-Holland was a fashionable portraitist who had displayed paintings of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz at the Royal Academy's inaugural Summer Exhibition of 1769. Today the painting is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, having been acquired in 2003. [3]
