Bate, William Henry

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HCR diary 23.12.1836 "I made calls on Bates a picture dealer who has some of Aders pictures to sell for us - he pleases me - he is the brother-in-law of Mrs Jameson - he asked me to take tea with him - but he does not expect to dispose of the pictures till the spring"

                     16.3.1837 "called on Mr Bates and left him a letter authorising him to consider Mr Lovenhagen as the proprietor"

                     13.4.1839 "Bates who does not deliver up our pictures"

                     18.4.1839 "called on Lovenhagen who had received an angry letter from Mr Bates. The pictures are to come from Liverpool and I fear they will not come in time"

See Anna Brownell Jameson (DNB 1794-1860) and her father Dennis Brownell Murphy (DNB d.1842). William Henry Bate married at St Martin in the Fields 9.10.1824 Maria Louisa Murphy. According to the DNB, Jameson's "two unmarried sisters, Eliza and Charlotte, never earned sufficient money to keep themselves, despite attempting many projects. Jameson remained the family's only substantial breadwinner. When the financial affairs of her sister Louisa's husband collapsed in 1839, Jameson added their eldest daughter, Gerardine, to her dependants". In the 1841 census William Bate artist born Ireland age 50 was at 52 Lower Belgrave Place, along with Clarissa Bate born Ireland age 40, Fortescue Bate artist born Ireland age 40, Jerardine Bate age 11 and Camilla Bate age 5. In the 1851 census Henry Bate artist age 60 born Ireland, his wife Maria L age 50 born Ireland, and his daughter Camilla age 25, were at Broomfield Place, Ealing, and next door were Susanna Murphy widow age 76 born Dunstable, her daughters Eliza Murphy age 56 born Ireland and Charlotte Murphy age 45 born London, and Anna Jameson age 57 born Ireland, listed as a visitor. William Henry Bate was buried at Ealing on 6.7.1854 age 65. Daphne Foskett's Dictionary of British Miniaturists and Strickland's Dictionary of Irish Artists both have entries which possibly confused the different artist members of this Irish family, but in Graves' Royal Academy and British Institution exhibitors there was a W Bate, an F Bate, a C Bate and a W H Bate all with an address at 36 Brownlow Street in 1807 to 1812. The father was probably William Bate enamel painter who died in Dublin in 1845 and Clarissa, Fortescue and William Henry were probably his children. If Bate's finances collapsed in 1839 he may have over-invested in trying to sell Aders' pictures, which fetched very little when finally put to auction. Crabb Robinson had agreed to be a trustee of the pictures and Loevenhagen was the main assignee of Aders' bankrupt estate.