Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth

AAH Fellow: Abigail Harrison Moore, FAAH

We’re pleased to welcome Abigail Harrison Moore as a new Fellow of the Association for Art History. A leading scholar in art and design history, her work connects academic research with public engagement and supports arts education across the UK

📸Andy Lord

Thrilled to have a feature on Lady Charlotte Schreiber and my new book @lhartbooks.bsky.social in the new issue of BBC History Magazine @historyextra.bsky.social

Cover of Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth's new biography of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, published by Lund Humphries. The cover image is a photo of The Music Lesson, a Chelsea porcelain figure of an amorous young man and woman seated beneath an exuberantly flowering tree. He has one arm draped around her shoulder and is ostensibly teaching her how to finger the recorder she is blowing, while her right hand rests lightly on his knee. A lamb is perched on her lap; another one looks up from the ground below.

Today is the anniversary of the death in 1895 of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, also called Charlotte Guest. Last Sept @carolinemccaff.bsky.social published an excellent book about this fascinating woman:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extraordinary Art Collector
www.lundhumphries.com/products/lad...

Misha Glenny to present BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time The much loved series returns on 15 January 2026

Oh, this is such an EXCELLENT choice! Misha Glenny is the new host of BBC Radio 4's flagship show In Our Time, replacing the retiring Melvyn Bragg www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

Cutting off trans girls’ access to socialising is just horrendous. I’m so angry and ashamed.

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TODAY! We’re looking forward to this in-person CECS seminar with the always wonderful Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social

📢 Our next seminar is scheduled for Tuesday 25 November with Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social,
presenting a paper on ‘James Tassie: A Maker of the Scottish Enlightenment’.
🗓️ Tuesday 25 November, 5pm
📍 HG/09, Heslington Hall

www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

Thanks so much Neil!!

Cover of Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth's new biography of the collector, antiquary and philanthropist Lady Charlotte Schreiber, depicting The Music Lesson (now in the V&A), a Chelsea porcelain figure of an amorous young man and woman seated beneath an exuberantly flowering (apple?) tree. He has one arm draped around her shoulder and is ostensibly teaching her how to finger the recorder she is blowing, while her right hand rests lightly on his knee. A lamb is perched on her lap and another one looks up from the ground below. On either side of the book, some Chelsea leaf-shaped trays of my own

Enjoying this, @carolinemccaff.bsky.social!

When literally nothing has changed 😂

'Applications are invited from both early career and established scholars of any nationality, engaged on original research intended to produce monographs, editions or studies of documents, texts or illustrations, that include the analysis of the material features of original manuscripts'. up to £2k.

Some excerpts from my piece in the current issue of BBC History Magazine @historyextra.bsky.social on the stories that museums can & should tell with a focus on my new book & Charlotte Schreiber’s incredible collection of over 5,000 objects that are now spread across the V&A & the British Museum

Vacancy: Legacy of Slavery Research Project Officer - The Scottish Episcopal Church Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade)Contract: Fixed term for 12 months Hours: Fulltime, 35 hours a week (.8 FTE or 28 hours will also be considered). Some occasional evening or weekend ...

Great 12-month opportunity for an historian. Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade). Edinburgh/hybrid. Closing date 21 October.

Join me this Thursday at the V&A for a free public lecture about my new book www.vam.ac.uk/event/E7WLeV...

Book jacket - a colorful porcelain artwork against a black background, with title and author info in white text.

Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth is author of this recently published book -

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extraordinary Art Collector
www.lundhumphries.com/products/lad...
@lhartbooks.bsky.social Sept 2025

Lights on, lights off. A wonderful day discussing the Portland Vase (especially its 18th Century reception) with colleagues at the British Museum

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extraordinary Art Collector This book emphasises Lady Charlotte Schreiber (1812-1895) — also known as Lady Charlotte Guest, née Bertie — as one of the most significant women in the history of collecting. An extraordinary collect...

Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth’s long-awaited study of this great Victorian collector has just been published by Lund Humphries. www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...

Lady Charlotte Shreiber was a woman who subverted gendered norms and challenged Victorian conventions, Schreiber made major contributions to ceramic history and cultural education, and played an influential role in transnational artistic networks.

@carolinemccaff.bsky.social gives the first in our autumn online lecture series on 21st October. 🧵

Earlier this week I celebrated the official launch of my new book with @lhartbooks.bsky.social at Bonhams auction house in Knightsbridge with a room bursting with excellent people & some wonderful ceramics on display ✨ 📚 🏺 www.lundhumphries.com/products/lad...

Full draft of my second book done and sent off to my editor. Wine please 🥂 📚 💤

Lunchtime Lectures: The Extraordinary Art Collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber - V&A Academy Talk at V&A South Kensington · V&A This talk is part of the free lunchtime lecture series. No booking is required.

Delighted to be giving a lecture on my new book at the V&A Museum on 23rd October- it’s free and open to all www.vam.ac.uk/event/E7WLeV...

Catticus Finch is looking extra floofy and doing some excellent assisting as I continue to edit my book draft 📚

Erika, I couldn’t have done any of this without your incredible support!

Five photos of the same book - on the top row are pics of the front and back covers. On the bottom row are three pics of internal pages, showing both pics and text.

I am excited that this marvelous book is now published! Lady Charlotte was extraordinary in *many* ways, really...

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extraordinary Art Collector
By Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth / @carolinemccaff.bsky.social
www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...
@lhartbooks.bsky.social 2025

The 19th-century heiress whose avid collecting was just part of a rich, scholarly life The exceptional legacy of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, best known for her scholarly collecting of ceramics, is explored in a new biography

Really chuffed with this review of my new book! @theartnewspaper.bsky.social www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/t...

It’s PUBLICATION day!!! www.lundhumphries.com/products/lad...

Lady Charlotte Schreiber

www.artnews.com/t/lady-charl...

Thank you so much to Bonhams Edinburgh for inviting me to give a lecture on my new book and the formidable collector Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Special thanks to Sophie von der Goltz & May Matthews for organising www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...