Fred Roe

1864 - 1947

Alfred Frederic “Fred” Roe was born in Cambridge, the son of Robert Henry Roe, print-seller, painter and engraver. He studied at the Heatherley School of Art under John Seymour Lucas and first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1877. He had a successful career as a painter of historical genre subjects, portraits, character sketches and as an illustrator. A large collection of his character sketches of are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.