page_title: John Arthur Roebuck
hierarchical_section_title: John Arthur Roebuck
caption_attribution_description: English: Object number&#160;: BATVG&#160;: P&#160;: 1984.20 Art work type and title&#160;: Oil Painting Portrait of John Arthur Roebuck M.P. (1801-1879) Design and creation&#160;: Date&#160;: 1832 Creator role&#160;: Artist Artist&#160;: Green , James Birth date&#160;: 1771 Death date&#160;: 1834 Measurements&#160;: Height (cm)&#160;: 77 Width (cm)&#160;: 63.5 Further information&#160;: This is an oil painting by James Green (1771 - 1834) of the M.P. John Arthur Roebuck (1801-1879). Roebuck was born in India and educated in Canada. Law was his profession and he served as M.P. for Bath from 1832-37 and from 1841-47. He later represented Sheffield at Parliament. Alongside his political career he wrote many pamphlets and books on political reform. James Green was a miniature painter who exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy. Later in life he turned his talents to larger scale commissions - this portrait was painted two years before he died. The painting was adopted by Susan Moore from Bristol. Susan came to look at the range of pictures in need of restoration though the Adopt a Picture scheme and chose this picture. She wanted to restore this previously very dirty, but well painted portrait of a handsome man and historical figure so that visitors to the Gallery could view it again. The portrait was bought for the Gallery in 1914. Indexing terms&#160;: Sitter&#160;: Roebuck , John Arthur Birth date&#160;: 1801 Death date&#160;: 1879 Keyword&#160;: British painting Keyword&#160;: Portrait Keyword&#160;: Oil painting Location status&#160;: On display
context_page_description: John Arthur Roebuck, British politician, was born at Madras, in India. He was raised in Canada, and moved to England in 1824, and became intimate with the leading radical and utilitarian reformers. He was Member of Parliament for Bath from 1832 to 1847, and MP for the Sheffield constituency from 1849. He took up the general attitude of hostility to the government of the day, whatever it was, which he retained throughout his life. He twice came to public prominence: in 1838, when, although at the time without a seat in parliament, he appeared at the bar of the Commons to protest, in the name of the Canadian Assembly, against the suspension of the Canadian constitution; and in 1855, when, having overthrown Lord Aberdeen's ministry by carrying a resolution for the appointment of a committee of inquiry into the mismanagement in the Crimean War, he presided over its proceedings.
context_section_description: John Arthur Roebuck (28 December 1802 – 30 November 1879), British politician, was born at Madras, in India. He was raised in Canada, and moved to England in 1824, and became intimate with the leading radical and utilitarian reformers. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath from 1832 to 1847, and MP for the Sheffield constituency from 1849. He took up the general attitude of hostility to the government of the day, whatever it was, which he retained throughout his life. He twice came to public prominence: in 1838, when, although at the time without a seat in parliament, he appeared at the bar of the Commons to protest, in the name of the Canadian Assembly, against the suspension of the Canadian constitution; and in 1855, when, having overthrown Lord Aberdeen's ministry by carrying a resolution for the appointment of a committee of inquiry into the mismanagement in the Crimean War, he presided over its proceedings.
caption: Portrait of John Arthur Roebuck
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