Dorning Rasbotham (c. 1730 – 7 November 1791) was an English writer, antiquarian and artist.He was also High Sheriff of Lancashire (1769). Dorning Rasbotham was the son of Peter and Hannah (Dorning) Rasbotham. He was married to Sarah Bayley c. 1754. [1] 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: