Biographies

Burney Family Members and their Wider Circle

James Burney (1750 - 1821) (charcoal drawing after bust, n.d.) By R. H. Dyer (?) Brother, naval captain, explorer and travel writer
Charles Burney (1726 - 1814) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1781, NPG 3884. Father, organist, composer and music historian
Charles Burney, jr. (1757 - 1817) by Mary Dawson Turner (nee Palgrave), after Thomas Phillips, etching, circa 1800 - 1825, NPG D14521. Brother, vicar, classical scholar, school master and collector
Susanna Phillips (nee Burney) (1755 - 1800) by Edward Francisco Burney NPG D13896. Sister, letter writer and commentator
Frances Burney d'Arblay (1752 - 1840) by Edward Francisco Burney, oil on canvas, 1781, NPG 3884. Writer of novels, plays and journals
Portrait of a Lady, possibly Sarah Harriet Burney (1772 - 1844) oil on canvas, Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830) (circle of) Chawton House, Hampshire. Half-sister, novelist and caregiver
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1750 Writer and critic.
Samuel Crisp (1707 -1783) Print after Edward Francisco Burney, oils. 1782, NPG Playwright, friend and mentor.
Edward Francisco Burney (1760 -1848) by Edward Francisco Burney, watercolour. c. 1785 - 1800 NPG D14387 Cousin, artist and illustrator
Hester Lynch Thrale (1741 -1821) and her fifteen-year old daughter, Hester Maria, 'Queeney', (1764 - 1857) By Sir Joshua Reynolds (1791)
Horace Walpole (1717 -1797) by John Giles Eccardt, oil on canvas, 1754 NPG 988 Writer and collector