Dr Jacqueline Riding specialises in eighteenth and nineteenth century British History and Art. She is Books Editor for The Art Newspaper and regularly reviews for Country Life and BBC History Magazine. She is also a consultant for museums, galleries, historic buildings and feature films. She was the advisor on Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner (2014) and Peterloo (2018). Her books include Jacobites: A New History of the ’45 Rebellion (Bloomsbury 2016, paperback 2017), Basic Instincts: Love, Passion and Violence in the Art of Joseph Highmore (Paul Holberton Publishing 2017), Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre (Head of Zeus 2018, paperback 2019) and Hogarth: Life in Progress (Profile Books 2021, paperback 2022) the Sunday Times Art Book of the Year, Hogarth’s Britons (Paul Holberton Publishing 2023) which accompanied her major exhibition at Derby Museum & Art Gallery (10 March to 4 June 2023). Jacqueline’s latest book Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s London (Profile Books) was published on 5 February 2026 and her next book Gainsborough and Reynolds: The Art of Rivalry in Georgian London (Yale) will be out on 23 February 2027. She is represented by Bill Hamilton at A. M. Heath. For all historical advisor enquiries including film and TV please contact Jacqueline via www.jacquelineriding.com