Background
Bartholomew was born on 20 March 1800 in Loddon, Norfolk, the daughter of Arnall Fayermann and niece of John Thomas, bishop of Rochester.
Bartholomew was born on 20 March 1800 in Loddon, Norfolk, the daughter of Arnall Fayermann and niece of John Thomas, bishop of Rochester.
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 lieutenant"s Only My Aunt was first performed at the Marylebone Theatre in 1849.
She occasionally exhibited flower or fruit pieces, and showed at the Royal Academy.
The British Museum has one watercolour of this kind, but her main employment was miniatures for brooches and jewellery. She last exhibited in 1857, and died on 18 August 1862.