Flower Painter in Ordinary, also called ''Flower Painter to the Queen'', is a position in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
awarded to a painter, and connected to the Queen. Holders of the office included:
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Joseph Barney, "Fruit and Flower Painter" to the
Prince Regent
A prince regent or princess regent is a prince or princess who, due to their position in the line of succession, rules a monarchy as regent in the stead of a monarch, e.g., as a result of the sovereign's incapacity (minority or illness) or ab ...
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Phoebe Earle (wife of
Denis Dighton
Denis Dighton (1792 – 8 August 1827) was an English painter, best known for his military portraits and battle scenes.
Life
Denis Dighton was the son of the caricaturist Robert Dighton and a younger brother was Richard Dighton. He enrolled a ...
and sister of
Augustus Earle
Augustus Earle (1793–1838) was a British painter. Unlike earlier artists who worked outside Europe and were employed on voyages of exploration or worked abroad for wealthy, often aristocratic patrons, Earle was able to operate quite indepen ...
), was "Fruit and Flower Painter" to
Queen Adelaide
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline; 13 August 1792 – 2 December 1849) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Hanover from 26 June 1830 to 20 June 1837 as the wife of King W ...
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Augusta Innes Withers
Augusta Hanna Elizabeth Innes Withers (née Baker; 1792, Gloucestershire – 1877, London), was an English natural history illustrator, known for her illustrating of John Lindley's ''Pomological Magazine'' and her collaboration with Sarah Drake ...
, to Queen Adelaide and
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year ...
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Valentine Bartholomew to Queen Victoria (from before 1849 until his death in 1879)
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See also
*Principal Painter in Ordinary
The title of Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King or Queen of England or, later, Great Britain, was awarded to a number of artists, nearly all mainly portraitists. It was different from the role of Serjeant Painter, and similar to the earli ...
* Peter Brown, Botanical Painter to the Prince of Wales in the late 18th century
Positions within the British Royal Household
18th-century English painters
19th-century English painters
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