James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne

Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811

ca. 1760

Oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art

Nathaniel Dance was based in Rome from 1754 to 1766. It was there that he painted four versions of this painting, one for each of the young Grand Tourists depicted. They are (from left to right) the Scottish heir to a baronetcy and clan chiefdom James Grant of Grant (1738–1811); the gentleman John Mytton of Halston, Shropshire (d. 1784); the Honorable Thomas Robinson (1738–1786), the son and heir of the diplomat Lord Grantham (and a friend of the artist Benjamin West); and, finally, Thomas Wynn (1736– 1807), possibly the younger half-brother of the wealthy baronet Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn. Robinson holds a print of the elevation of