Dorning Rasbotham

Who was Dorning Rasbotham?

Dorning Rasbotham was an English writer, antiquarian and artist. He was also High Sheriff of Lancashire.

Dorning Rasbotham was the son of Peter and Hannah Rasbotham. He was married to Sarah Bayley c. 1754.

His portrait as a stipple and line engraving by Henry Robinson, after Henry Pickering was published in 1833.

His paintings may be found in the archive collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London:

John Byrom by Dorning Rasbotham, etching, mid 18th century NPG D18109

John Byrom by Dorning Rasbotham, etching, mid 18th century NPG D18110

Possibly Dorning Rasbotham by Dorning Rasbotham, pen and ink,1750s -1780s, NPG D18106

View of Old Blackfriars Bridge and St. Mary’s Church by Dorning Rasbotham, etching,1775, NPG D18108

James Wylde by Dorning Rasbotham, pen and ink,1780s, NPG D18107

He died in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire. One of his sons, another Dorning Rasbotham, is associated with Alkrington Hall, Middleton, Rochdale, Lancashire, a noble brick building surrounded by a park of 80 acres, whose architect was Giacomo Leoni.