Valentine Bartholomew

Between 1821 and 1827, he worked for and lived with the lithographer Charles Hullmandel, whose daughter Adelaide he married at the end of this period.

[1][2] Bartholomew was an early member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, which he joined in 1835.

He had a special talent for flower painting, a branch of art which he pursued with much success, his works being chiefly remarkable for the great care and the large scale on which they were carried out.

[3] Bartholomew held for many years the post of Flower Painter in Ordinary to the Queen from 1837.

[1] He died in his 80th year on 21 March 1879[1] and is buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery with his wife Ann.