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Flower Painter in Ordinary

Flower Painter in Ordinary, also called Flower Painter to the Queen, is a position in the United Kingdom awarded to a painter, and connected to the Queen. Holders of the office included: • Joseph Barney, "Fruit and Flower Painter" to the Prince Regent • Phoebe Earle (wife of Denis Dighton and sister of Augustus Earle), was "Fruit and Flower Painter" to Queen Adelaide • Augusta Innes Withers, to Queen Adelaide and Queen Victoria • Valentine Bartholomew to Queen Victoria (from before 1849 until his death in 1879) • Helen Cordelia Angell to Queen Victoria (between 1879 and 1884)

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