James Roberts
(1753-in or after 1809), Portrait painterArtist associated with 54 portraits
James Roberts was an artist who painted landscapes and worked as a miniaturist, but he was best known for his small whole-length portraits, chiefly of actors in character. Between 1775 and 1781, he produced more than sixty watercolours on vellum for the portrait plates in Bell's British Theatre. Roberts exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1773 to 1784, and again from 1795 to 1799; in the interval, he worked in Oxford as a drawing master.
James William Dodd as Campley in 'The Funeral'
by Richard Godfrey, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
engraving, published 5th December 1794
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
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Mary Ann Yates as Lady Townley in 'The Provok'd Husband'
after James Roberts
hand-coloured line engraving, 1770s
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Mary Ann Yates as Lady Townley in 'The Provok'd Husband'
after James Roberts
line engraving, 1770s
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Mary Ann Yates as Lady Townley in 'The Provok'd Husband'
after James Roberts
line engraving, 1770s
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Joseph Vernon as Thurio in 'The Two Gentleman of Verona'
after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1776
NPG D7534
by James Roberts
line engraving, published 1776
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William Parsons as Periwinkle in 'A Bold Stroke for a Wife'
by James Roberts
hand-coloured line engraving, published 1776
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Mary Yates; Master Pullen (as Isabella and child in David Garrick's 'Isabella')
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1776
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Priscilla Kemble (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Lavinia in 'Titus Andronicus'
after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1776
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Priscilla Kemble (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Lavinia in 'Titus Andronicus'
after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1776
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Mary Ann Yates as Calista in Rowe's 'The Fair Penitent'
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 16 July 1776
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Mary Ann Yates as Calista in Rowe's 'The Fair Penitent'
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 16 July 1776
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Mary Ann Yates as Calista in Rowe's 'The Fair Penitent'
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
hand-coloured line engraving, published 16 July 1776
NPG D8943
Mary Yates; Master Pullen (as Isabella and child in David Garrick's 'Isabella')
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 26 September 1776
NPG D8951
Ann Catley as Euphrosyne in Milton's 'Comus'
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1777
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Mary Ann Yates as Berinthia in Vanbrugh's 'The Relapse'
after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1777
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Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Irene in Brown's 'Barbarossa'
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1 March 1777
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Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Irene in Brown's 'Barbarossa'
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
coloured line engraving, published 1 March 1777
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Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Irene in Brown's 'Barbarossa'
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
coloured line engraving, published 1 March 1777
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Mary Ann Yates in the character of Electra
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 6 October 1777
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Mary Ann Yates as Berinthia in Vanbrugh's 'The Relapse'
after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1777
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Mary Ann Yates as Berinthia in Vanbrugh's 'The Relapse'
after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1777
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Mary Ann Yates as Berinthia in Vanbrugh's 'The Relapse'
after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1777
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Mary Ann Yates as Berinthia in Vanbrugh's 'The Relapse'
after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1777
NPG D8912
Mary Ann Yates as Electra in Thomas Francklin's 'Orestes' (after Voltaire)
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 6 October 1777
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Mary Ann Yates as Electra in Thomas Francklin's 'Orestes' (after Voltaire)
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 6 October 1777
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Mary Ann Yates as Electra in Thomas Francklin's 'Orestes' (after Voltaire)
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
coloured line engraving, published 6 October 1777
NPG D8946
Mary Ann Yates as Virginia in Crisp's 'Virginia'
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
coloured line engraving, published 1778
NPG D4954
Mary Ann Yates as Isabella in Garrick's 'Isabella; or, The Fatal Marriage'
after James Roberts
coloured line engraving, published 1778
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Priscilla Kemble (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Aura in Johnson's 'Country Lasses'
by Pollard, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1778
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Priscilla Kemble (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Aura in Johnson's 'Country Lasses'
by Pollard, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1778
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by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1778
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by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1778
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by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1778
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Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Arethusa in Beaumont and Fletcher's 'Philaster'
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1778
NPG D8673
Mary Ann Yates as Virginia in Crisp's 'Virginia'
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published January 1778
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Mary Ann Yates as Virginia in Crisp's 'Virginia'
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published January 1778
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Jenny Barsanti (Jane Barsanti)
by Charles Grignion, published by Joseph Wenman, after James Roberts
etching, published 1 June 1778
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by Edmund Scott, after James Roberts
stipple, published 1785
NPG D5877
'Marlborough Theatricals' (Charlotte Nares (née Spencer); Lord Charles Spencer)
by and published by John Jones, published by and after James Roberts
mezzotint, published 8 December 1788
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