1215761 Portrait of Robert Ingham (oil on board) by Elliott, Robinson (1814-1894); 63.5x75.8 cm; South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, South Shields, UK; (add.info.: Elliott, Robinson Robert Ingham (1793-1875) was South Shields\' first Member of Parliament, representing the town from 1832 to 1841 and again from 1852 to 1868. He was involved in religious and philanthropic activities in the town. He was President of the South Shields Mechanics\' Institute, and laid the foundation stone of the Institute building in 1859. (This later became South Shields Museum.) Robinson Elliot, who painted this portrait, was a South Shields artist and teacher, and held many art classes in the Mechanics\' Institute building.); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; British, out of copyright.