He was an amateur artist of considerable merit and from 1822 to 1833 travelled the continent drawing and painting. He published in 1822 French Scenery; in 1823 German Scenery and Welsh Scenery; in 1826 Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium, and Holland all of which have been much esteemed; in 1828 Hanoverian, Saxon, and Danish Scenery; and in 1832 Select Views of the principal Cities of Europe. These were published during his period of service. Between 1825 and 1832 he periodically exhibited at the Royal Academy.[3]
He suffered from paralysis and died in London in 1848, painting until a few weeks before his death. He had in 1821 married Johanna Maria, one of the daughters of Sir John Barrow and the artist Anna Maria Truter. The marriage produced 5 children:
Anna Maria Harriotte Batty Birth 1823 Death 1 March 1891 (Age 68) -- Hampstead, London
Rev. Robert Braithwaite Batty Birth about 1828 Death 22 June 1861 (Age 33) -- Amritsar, India
Johanna Batty Birth 1831—London Death 1894 (Age 63) -- London
Laura Batty Birth 1832—London Death 12 November 1909 (Age 77) -- 7 Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London
Edward Batty Birth 6 June 1839—Lyme Road, Axminster, Devon Death 2 April 1918 (Age 78) -- Dawlish, Devon [4]
Batty, (Capt. Robert) An Historical Sketch of the Campaign of 1815 illustrated by Plans of Operations & the Battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny & Waterloo. '
Batty, (Capt. Robert, 1st or Grenadier Guards) Campaign of the Left Wing of the Allied Army, in the Western Pyrenees & South of France, in the Years 1813-1814, under Field-Marshal The Marquess of Wellington. Illustrated by a Detailed Plan of the Operations, & Numerous Plates of Mountain & River Scenery, Drawn & Etched by Captain Batty. Classic work on later stages of the war in the Peninsula, in which Batty participated as an ensign with 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards: Siege of St. Sebastian, Bidassoa, Nive, Orthes, Bayonne &c.
Ramm, John 'A Military Master', Antique Dealer & Collector's Guide, March 2000, Vol 53, No. 8
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Batty, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.