Edward La Trobe Bateman

Edward La Trobe Bateman (8 January 1816 – 30 December 1897) was a British Victorian painter in watercolour, architect, book illustrator, draughtsman and garden designer. He worked in Australia from 1852 to 1869, and had links with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Life Bateman was probably born in Lower Wyke, Yorkshire, the son of John Bateman, a manufacturer, and his wife Mary (née) La Trobe. His brothers were John Frederick Bateman, the hydraulic engineer, and Christian Henry Bateman, an Anglican Church minister and a composer of hymns. His nephew Benjamin Latrobe was a notable architect, and a great nephew, Charles La Trobe, was first lieutenant-governor of the colony of the state of Victoria in Australia.

In 1924, his great nephew, Charles, donated twelve artworks by Bateman to the Victorian government. The pencil sketches were of (Charles) La Trobe's Cottage and its grounds. In 1856, Bateman was engaged to redesign the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne. The path layout and other features were built, although limitations on funding for maintenance resulted in frequent criticism.

He died in Rothesay, Scotland, where he had lived after leaving Australia in 1870.