Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extraordinary Art Collector

‘Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth’s punchy new biography of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, combining rigorous new archival research with nuanced observations, deftly reanimates this extraordinary Victorian woman. A range of primary sources (some published for the first time), including notebooks, correspondence, diaries and press cuttings, enables the author to describe not only her subject’s life and legacy but also to bring her character and motivations to life. This will be a go-to book for countless readers.’ - Dr Susanna Avery-Quash, Senior Research Curator (History of Collecting), National Gallery, London

This must-read new book brings the inveterate art collector Charlotte Schreiber to life through freshly transcribed diaries and secures her position as a great scholar of ceramics. McCaffrey-Howarth brilliantly introduces us to Schreiber’s world and her peers, other knowledgeable Victorian art collectors and curators, among whom she was truly a Goddess. - Patricia F. Ferguson, ceramic historian

Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth is Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. She was previously Curator of Ceramics and Glass at the Victoria and Albert Museum and Curator of The Chitra Collection.