# Henry Mayo Bateman artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:58:38.810Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Common media: Cartoon and caricature drawing, Illustration

## Portrait

![Henry Mayo Bateman](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/HM_Bateman08.jpg)
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HM_Bateman08.jpg

## About Henry Mayo Bateman

H. M. Bateman, the professional name of Henry Mayo Bateman (1887–1970), was a British artist, cartoonist, illustrator, and caricaturist. Authority records consistently connect the abbreviated and full forms of his name, helping distinguish his work in library, collection, and auction data. His practice belongs to the context of British humorous drawing and caricature during the early and middle decades of the 20th century. Collectors may encounter works catalogued as cartoons, caricatures, illustrations, or drawings rather than under a single fine-art movement. That range of terminology makes careful identity matching especially useful: records filed under “H. M. Bateman” and “Henry Mayo Bateman” can refer to the same artist. Appraisily’s public artist page brings auction records associated with this established identity together for research and comparison. The available institutional sources strongly establish who Bateman was, although the collected material does not document individual series, publication histories, or a formal movement affiliation in sufficient detail to state them here.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Bateman are most appropriately searched and catalogued as cartoons, caricatures, illustrations, and drawings. Humorous subjects are central to the public description of his practice. Records may use either “H. M. Bateman” or “Henry Mayo Bateman,” so both name forms should be checked when researching an object or locating comparables. The collected evidence does not support broader claims about prints, editions, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or named series.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work attributed to H. M. Bateman should begin by confirming the artist identity and determining whether the object is an original cartoon, caricature, illustration, drawing, or another format. Relevant comparable sales should match the work type as closely as possible and be considered alongside sale date and auction-house cataloguing. For the individual object, dimensions, medium, inscriptions, publication history, provenance, and condition may require separate documentation before a dependable conclusion can be reached. The present source pack supports Bateman’s identity and the principal categories associated with his practice, but it does not provide lot-level descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, or evidence for market trends. Any valuation should therefore rely on verified object evidence and suitably comparable public auction records rather than a general price prediction.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity data with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Object-specific attribution, condition, provenance, and market conclusions still require independent review.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3124697
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/15009447/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500008840
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._M._Bateman
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/henry-mayo-bateman/