Kate Josephine Bateman
(1842-1917), ActressKate Josephine Crowe (née Bateman)
Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 11 portraits
Born into a theatrical family, Kate Bateman was an American actress who began appearing on stage at the age of five. In 1849 she and her sister Ellen, were spotted by the famous showman P.T. Barnum. He paid them to appear at his theatre and sponsored their tour of Britain in which they starred as The Bateman Children. From her teens, Bateman started performing in leading Shakespearean and romantic roles in America. She regularly travelled back to London, performing with Henry Irving at the Lyceum and at the Sadler's Wells Theatre.
by Unknown artist
pencil, 1904
NPG 2620
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x241
Kate Josephine Bateman as Leah in 'Leah, the Forsaken'
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1863; published 1864-1865
NPG Ax27679
Kate Josephine Bateman as Leah in 'Leah, the Forsaken'
by Frederick Holland Mares, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x197067
Kate Josephine Bateman as Leah in 'Leah, the Forsaken'
by Sarony & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x242
by Sarony & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x243
Kate Josephine Bateman as Medea in 'Medea in Corinth'
by Unknown photographer
woodburytype, 1872-1873
NPG Ax7676
Scene from the drama of "Leah," at the New Adelphi Theatre: Leah cursing the Lorrenz Family
by J.W.
hand-coloured wood engraving, published 17 October 1863
NPG D39266
Kate Josephine Bateman as Leah in 'Leah, the Forsaken'
by James Edgell Collins, published by Henry Graves & Co, after George H. Every
mezzotint, published May 27 1864
NPG D38658
Kate Josephine Bateman as Medea in 'Medea in Corinth'
by Unknown photographer
woodburytype, 1872-1873
NPG x240
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