Thomas Roebuck - painter

Thomas Roebuck senior of Wirksworth, tallow chandler and grocer, was baptised at Mansfield in 1778. His first son, known as Mason, was an artist and schoolmaster living at Kirk Ireton and Wirksworth. His second son Thomas junior (1805-1876) was also an artist and well known for his picture of an Ox, painted about 1850 and distorted to emphasize the breeding characters of the animal. Little is known about the family, most comes from the 19th century genealogist Thomas Norris Ince, see page 51b and page 51c of his magnum opus "Pedigrees". Anyone who knows more, please contact , see emails.

This picture is for sale at Bonham's Gentleman's Library Sale, 19 Jan 2011 to 20 Jan 2011 New Bond Street, London. Oil on canvas, size 76.2 x 89 cms, Estimate £6,000-£8,000 Alistair Laird wrote Your e-mail which has been forwarded to me as I handled the picture section of the gentleman's Library sale. Lot 188 was painted by Thomas Roebuck and on a wooden tablet on the back it is inscribed 'Mr. Thomas Roebuck, artist, Wirksworth'. I cannot remember having seen another picture by this artist. Alistair Laird.

Champion short horn Count Lavender Hereford Ox

"Ox" by Thomas Roebuck of Wirksworth c1850 In 19th century Britain, it was a common practice for the peerage and gentry of the English countryside to not only set the standard in the superior quality of their livestock, but to constantly improve the recognized breeds of the country. To capture the glory of their efforts, it was not uncommon to immortalize the beasts on canvas. The specimens above will visually impart both the seriousness of the process and the majesty of the results

Polled heifer Thorney Prize Ox Yorkshire Rose

Samantha Stolberg wrote on 10feb2015 In conducting research on Thomas Roebuck, I discovered your contact information. I am looking for any details about the Thomas Roebuck as featured in the attached images. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Samantha

Elizabeth Holden 1819-1892 Blacksmith's wife, Fritcheley Signed by Thomas Roebuck 1875

HOLDEN family |----------| | | 1818 1819 1829 Nahum 1838 Elizabeth George HOLDEN=====v=====BARNES BARNES 1886 | 1892 | |-----|---|---|-------|------| | | | | | 1865 1840 1844 1848 1854 1857 William John Sarah Hannah Nahum Tryphena Henry Ann HOLDEN=====V=====BROWN ------------------ 1891 Census for Crich, Derbyshire William Henry BROWN Head Marr M 26 1865 Silk Weaver Wessington, Derbys Tryphena BROWN Wife Marr F 31 1860 - Crich, Derbys Elizabeth HOLDEN Moth-IL Widow F 71 1820 - Fritchley, Derbys ------------------ 1881 Census for Fritchley, Crich, Derbyshire Nahum HOLDEN Head Marr M 63 1818 General Blacksmith Heanor, Derbys Elizabeth HOLDEN Wife Marr F 62 1819 - Fritchley, Derbys Tryphena HOLDEN Daur Sing F 24 1857 Dressmaker Crich, Derbys ----------------- 1871 Census for Fritchley, Crich, Belper, Derbyshire Nahum HOLDEN Head Mar M 53 1818 Blacksmith Heanor Derbys Elizabeth HOLDEN Wife Mar F 53 1818 Blacksmith's wife Crich Derbys Nahum HOLDEN Son Unm M 17 1854 Commercial Clerk Crich Derbys Hannah HOLDEN Dau Unm F 23 1848 Factory Hand Crich Derbys Tryphena HOLDEN Dau Unm F 14 1857 Scholar Crich Derbys ------------------- 1861 Census for Crich, Derbyshire Nahum HOLDEN Head Marr M 43 1818 Blacksmith Heanor, Derbys Elizabeth HOLDEN Wife Marr F 42 1819 - Fritchley, Derbys John HOLDEN Son Unm M 21 1840 Blacksmith Fritchley, Derbys Hannah HOLDEN Dau Unm F 14 1847 Scholar Crich, Derbys Nahum HOLDEN Son Unm M 8 1853 Scholar Crich, Derbys Tryphena HOLDEN Dau Unm F 4 1857 Scholar Crich, Derbys ------------------- 1851 Census for Town Street, Crich, Derbyshire Naham HOLDEN Head Marr M 33 1818 Blacksmith Heanor, Derbys Elizabeth HOLDEN Wife Marr F 32 1819 Blacksmith Wife Fritchley, Derbys John HOLDEN Son - M 11 1840 Scholar Fritchley, Derbys Sarah Ann HOLDEN Dau - F 7 1844 Scholar Stanley, Derbys Hannah HOLDEN Dau - F 3 1848 - Crich, Derbys George BARNES Bro-IL Unm M 22 1829 Blacksmith Journyer Fritchley, Derbys ------------------- 1841 Census for Fritchley, Crich, Derbyshire Nahum HOLDEN M 20 1821 Blacksmith Derbyshire Elizabeth HOLDEN F 20 1821 Derbyshire John HOLDEN M 1 1840 Derbyshire -------------------

ROEBUCK family Mansfield 1723 Joseph 1748 Mary ROEBUCK===v===GOODALL | | |-------| | | | 1770 1749 1753 Mary 1806 Thomas 1773 Ellen Robert WARD=======ROEBUCK===v===BRIGHT BRIGHT 1820 | 1788 1788 | |--------|--------|-----------X------------|---------|--------|-----| | | | | | | | Robert 1778 Robert Bright Thomas 1802 Elizabeth Bright William John Mary ROEBUCK John ROEBUCK===v===SMITH 1780 1780 | 1832 | | |-----------|--------------------X----|-----|------|---------| | | | | | | 1803 1805 1808 1811 1814 Richard Thomas 1832 Harriett John Ellen Elizabeth John Henry ROEBUCK===v====TURNER 1807 1817 Mason 1876 1843? ROEBUCK 1881 Further information from Ince page 51b and page 51c and Census on: 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 See also Fatal accident to Robert BRIGHT

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----Anyone with more details for publication on this webpage, please email ---- -------------- Karin Kay writes: Thomas Roebuck the animal artist was my great great grandfather on my paternal grandmother's side of the family. Over the last decade or so my father and I have found out a little about him and on 19th January this year I attended an auction at Bonhams where his painting of the ox, featured on the Wirksworth website, was sold. Although I do not know the name of the person who bought it, I did see him. We know of 3 other paintings by Thomas Roebuck. There is a small file on him in the Witt library in London. Presumably the other animal pictures around the ox on the Wirksworth website are not by him? Thomas was born the second son of Thomas and Elizabeth and was baptised on 19th September 1805 in Kirk Ireton. He married Harriet Turner at All Saints Derby on Christmas Day 1832. For the first years of their marriage they lived with Thomas's brother, Mason, and his family in Kirk Ireton. Their first son Frederick died young. They then had a second son also called Frederick. When he was five his mother died. It seems that Thomas left Frederick to be brought up by his Uncle Mason in Kirk Ireton whilst Thomas travelled around the area painting farm animals. We have record of him living in Derby in an inn on Irongate. Thomas Roebuck died of bronchitis in the Union Workhouse at Chell near Stoke on Trent in 1876. My father has traced the Roebuck family back to South Yorkshire, I think, to the late 1500's or early 1600's. If you are interested in any more info on the Roebucks both before and after the artist, please let me know. Karin Kay

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