In the 19th-century, ceramics collector Lady Charlotte Schreiber acted as adviser, dealer, curator, and scholar. Read an excerpt from a new book on her.

Visitors to Nostell in West Yorkshire will get to see cutting-edge research into work considered the only faithful copy of Holbein masterpiece

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Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth discusses the modeller, collector, inventor and businessman James Tassie.

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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...

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The exceptional legacy of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, best known for her scholarly collecting of ceramics, is explored in a new biography

Ex-partner demands reimbursement for £42 million investment in now-defunct branch campus

Senate House Library and the Friends of Senate House Library are delighted to report that the Visiting Research Fellowships programme has been relaunched.

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