Robert Home [SEP] occupation
Robert Home
Robert Home (1752–1834) was a British oil portrait painter who travelled to the Indian subcontinent in 1791. During his travels he also painted historic scenes and landscapes.
Life and work.
Born in Hull in the United Kingdom as the son of an eminent army surgeon from Greenlaw in Berwickshire, Home joined Royal Academy Schools in 1769. He went to Rome in 1773 for further training in painting under Angelica Kauffman and remained in Italy until 1777. From 1783 to 1789 he worked in Dublin and London before
took part in the occupation of Harrismith and the action at Doornberg (Sep 1900) where he was wounded, then served for the duration of the war in the Orange River Colony. Following the end of the war with the Peace of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902, he returned home on the SS "Dilwara" which arrived at Southampton in late October 1902. For his service in the Boer war he was mentioned in despatches, received the Queen's South Africa Medal with two clasps, and was appointed a Companion of the