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, near Bolton, Lancashire. One of his sons, another Dorning Rasbotham, is associated with Alkrington Hall, Middleton near Rochdale, a noble brick building surrounded by a park of 80 acres, whose architect was Giacomo Leoni. In 1845 the hall and estate were sold by Doming Rasbotham – the nephew of John Lever to the Lees brothers of Clarksfield, Oldham, Lancashire, for £57,550.
