{"id":843,"date":"2021-10-21T11:47:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T11:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/?p=843"},"modified":"2021-11-09T17:55:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:55:35","slug":"topstop16-the-painting-of-the-family-of-thomas-bateson-by-strickland-lowry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/21\/topstop16-the-painting-of-the-family-of-thomas-bateson-by-strickland-lowry\/","title":{"rendered":"Topstop#16 &#8211; The painting of the Family of Thomas Bateson by Strickland Lowry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This oil painting is being shown in the Museum at the time of writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The picture is a portrait of the five children of Thomas Bateson, painted in the drawing-room at their family home of Orangefield located in modern-day east Belfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-ged52d4\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e6 section-ged52d4 gutentor-element gutentor-element-image\"><div class=\"gutentor-element-image-box\"><div class=\"gutentor-image-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"normal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211020_162543-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Bateson was born in Lancashire in 1705 and moved to Belfast in the early 18<sup>th<\/sup> century. He was a wine merchant, trading in rum from the West Indies and wine from Europe. He also helped establish Belfast\u2019s first bank and was a founding member of the Belfast Charitable Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Strickland Lowry was an English artist. Born in 1737 in Cumbria, he became an established portrait and landscape painter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Lowry painted the Bateson children in 1762. The picture aims to convey the family&#8217;s status, wealth and standing in Belfast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In the background are pictures of contemporary Belfast and Orangefield along with portraits of Queen Charlotte and King George III. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The picture portrays the children in typical poses for the time. The girls are dressed in pretty dresses and hold a sheet of music and flowers suggesting they are accomplished and following pursuits prescribed for girls of their rank and station. The boys are featured with a globe that may indicate a future career in travel and business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The painting style is devoid of emotion by modern standards; the five children look expressionlessly at the viewer displaying no hint of sentiment or character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This oil painting is being shown in the Museum at the time of writing. The picture is a portrait of the five children of Thomas Bateson, painted in the drawing-room at their family home of Orangefield located in modern-day east Belfast. 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