Bateman, Edward La Trobe (1816-1897)

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Artist in Grey, The (1815-1897)
Bateman, Edward La Trobe (1815-1897)
Field of activity
architect; book illustrator; goldminer; landscape designer; painter; Drawing; Painting; Design (product, commercial, industrial, environmental, landscape); Illustrator; Landscape designer
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BATEMAN, EDWARD LA TROBE (1815?-1897), book illuminator, draughtsman, architectural decorator and garden designer, was born probably in Derbyshire, England, son of John Frederick Bateman, of Moravian stock, and his wife Mary Agnes. He was a nephew of Benjamin Latrobe, architect for major buildings in Washington and Baltimore, and a cousin of Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe. One brother, Frederick, became a civil engineer; another, Henry, compiled a collection of hymns.

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Although seeking his fortune in the Victorian goldfields, Edward La Trobe Bateman instead drifted into work as an illustrator and landscape designer. One of his most notable commissions was the layout of the grounds of the University of Melbourne.

sketcher, watercolourist, illuminator, decorator and garden designer, was born in Yorkshire, England, son of John Frederick and Mary Agnes Bateman, members of the Moravian Church. His mother was a member of the La Trobe family, leaders in the Moravian community, and Edward was a first cousin of the Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, Charles Joseph La Trobe, and a nephew of the celebrated Anglo-American architect, Benjamin Latrobe (sic). One of his brothers, John Frederic, became a ...

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  • fl. 1848-ca. 1897

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  1. Front view of Jolimont
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe, 1816-1897
    [ Art work : 1840-1897 ]
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  2. [Papers]
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe, 1816-1897
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  3. Jolimont. Front / La Trobe Bateman
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe, 1816-1897
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  4. [The greenhouse and front entrance of Jolimont] La Trobe Bateman
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe, 1816-1897
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  5. [The detached cottage, Jolimont] La Trobe Bateman
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe, 1816-1897
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  6. [The water shed] Bateman
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe, 1816-1897
    [ Art work : 1852-1854 ]
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  7. The tool house
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe, 1816-1897
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  8. End of detached cottage at Jolimont
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe, 1816-1897
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    End of detached cottage at Jolimont
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  9. [Haystack behind the stables at Jolimont] Edward La Trobe Bateman
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe, 1816-1897
    [ Art work : 1853 ]
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    [Haystack behind the stables at Jolimont] Edward La Trobe Bateman
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  10. [Jolimont, from the hill beyond the Yarra Yarra] Edward La Trobe Bateman
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe, 1816-1897
    [ Art work : 1854 ]
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    [Jolimont, from the hill beyond the Yarra Yarra] Edward La Trobe Bateman
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  1. [Edward La Trobe Bateman : Australian Art and Artists file]
    [ Published ]
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  2. Edward La Trobe Bateman. Hermitage - Bute
    [ Photograph : 1885-1886 ]
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  3. [Papers]
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe, 1816-1897
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  4. E. La Trobe Bateman
    [ Photograph : 1870-1880 ]
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  5. Porch of "Heronswood"
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  6. Papers
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    [ Photograph : 1958 ]
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  1. Website: La Trobe journal
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  2. Website: Annual La Trobe University research report
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  1. Correspondence
    Bateman, Edward La Trobe (c.1815- 1897)
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  1. Illuminating nature: the art and design of E.L. Bateman (1816-1897)
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    BATEMAN, Edward La Trobe CALVERT, Samuel CLARSON SHALLARD & CO.
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  1. Flora Australis: native plants in the art, design and gardens of E L Bateman
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    Studies in Australian Garden History
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  2. The Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne: their evolution: and a plea for a sympathetic policy for their preservation
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    Landscape Australia
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  1. The Iliad / Homer ; with an English translation by A.T. Murray
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  1. VICTORIAN RELICS. LA TROBE'S PERIOD. Drawings of Government House.
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  2. Local Land Board.
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  1. A note on Edward La Trobe Bateman's The Old Stockman's Hut [Painting]
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  3. Flora Australis: native plants in the art, design and gardens of E L Bateman
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