Dorning Rasbotham (1730–1791) was an English writer, antiquarian and artist. He was also High Sheriff of Lancashire. Dorning Rasbotham was the son of Peter and Hannah (Dorning) Rasbotham, born c. 1730. He was married to Sarah Bagley c. 1754. He died on 7 November 1791 in Farnworth, Lancashire, England.

^*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

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 (324,000 m²), whose architect was Giacomo Leoni (1686-1746). In 1845 the hall and estate were sold by Doming Rasbotham – the nephew of John Lever (of the Sir Ashton Lever family) to the Lees brothers of Clarksfield, Oldham, Lancashire, for £57,550.

References

• History of Lancashire by Edward Baines, MP, Vol III, Published by Fisher and Son, London, 1836
• ^*Dorning in England and America by Barbara Dennis and Jeanne Walker.

External links

• ^* National Portrait Gallery images.
• ^* Dorning Rasbotham at Dorning.net
• ^* early Dornings
• http://www.somethingit.co.uk/dorning/index.htm Dorning family

1738 births | 1791 deaths | English painters | Portrait artists