Ann Charlotte Bartholomew

Ann Charlotte Bartholomew (1800–1862), was an English flower and miniature painter, and author.

Life

Bartholomew was born on 20 March 1800 in Loddon, Norfolk,[1] the daughter of Arnall Fayermann and niece of John Thomas, bishop of Rochester.[2] In 1827 she married the composer Walter Turnbull [2] who died in 1838.[1]

In 1840 she published Songs of Azrael and other poems under the name of Mrs Turnbull. In the same year she became the second wife of the flower painter, Valentine Bartholomew. Her play The Ring, or the Farmer's Daughter, a domestic drama in two acts, appeared in 1845, and another, a farce called It's Only My Aunt was first performed at the Marylebone Theatre in 1849.[2]

She occasionally exhibited flower or fruit pieces, and showed at the Royal Academy.[3] The British Museum has one watercolour of this kind, but her main employment was miniatures for brooches and jewellery.[2]

She last exhibited in 1857, and died on 18 August 1862.[2]

See also

English women painters from the early 19th century who exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art

References

  1. 1 2 Clarke, Meaghan E. "Bartholomew , Anne Charlotte (1800–1862)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5  "Bartholomew, Ann Charlotte". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  3. ↑ H. L. Mallalieu (1986). The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. p. 32. ISBN 1-85149-025-6.

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