Ann Charlotte Bartholomew

Bartholomew was born on 20 March 1800 in Loddon, Norfolk,[1] the daughter of Arnall Fayermann and niece of John Thomas, bishop of Rochester.

She was a founding member of the Society of Female Artists, after petitioning the Royal Academy to open its schools to women.

[4] The British Museum has one watercolour of this kind, "Study of a Garden Poppy"[4] But her main employment was miniatures for brooches and jewellery.

[2] 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.

[5] The British Museum has one watercolour of this kind, but her main employment was miniatures for brooches and jewellery.