John Rider Roberts b. c.1820

Also known as J. R. R.
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
John Rider Roberts, landscape painter, illustrator, surveyor and architect, was closely associated with the Illustrated Sydney News (1853-1855; 1863-1868). His obituary in the Illustrated Sydney News called him 'a painstaking landscape artist of no mean ability'.
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creator of
On the Barwon
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creator of
The Old Figtree, near Wollongong
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creator of
View on the Clarence River, New South Wales
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creator of
Panoramic View of Armidale, New South Wales
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creator of
(Sydney Botanical Gardens)
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Pencil sketches

 
creator of
(Letterhead of St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral in flames)
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creator of
St George's Bridge, Barwon River, Queensland
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Extant watercolour

 
creator of
Sydney Harbour from the Wharf at Point Piper
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Extant watercolour

 
creator of
The Gap
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creator of
(Champion Oarsmen of Australia)
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Jointly produced with Edwin Baldwin.

 
creator of
Dangar Falls
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Extant watercolour

 
creator of
Looking to the North Head, is a view of the Railway and Petersham Station
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Survey plan.

 
creator of
Looking to the south-east, embodies a grand view of Botany Bay
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Survey plan.

 
creator of
(property near Goulburn)
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creator of
(View of Burwood Villa)
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creator of
(Rising Sun Hotel with a plan of its grounds)
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creator of
View of the City of Sydney and Port Jackson
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creator of
(Sydney Harbour scenes looking from and towards Neutral Bay)
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Extant watercolour

 

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Other occupations
  • Head of the art department (Head of the art department Illustrated Sydney News.)
  • Architect (ANZSIC code: 6921)
  • Surveyor
  • Head of the art department (Head of the art department Illustrated Sydney News.)
  • Architect
  • Surveyor