A Fleeting Glimpse: The Life and Art of John Roberts The name John Roberts, born in the United Kingdom in 1768 and lost to time in 1803, resonates as a whisper within the annals of British portraiture. His life, though tragically short, left behind a small but compelling body of work—primarily miniature portraits that offer a fascinating window into the social fabric of the late 18th century. Roberts’s story is one pieced together fro…