Jacqueline Riding

Jacqueline Riding is a British historian, academic and author.^[1][2] She specialises in 18th century history and has published works on subjects as William Hogarth and the Jacobite rising of 1745.^[3][1]

Early life and education

Riding graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History from the University of Leicester, a Master of Arts (MA) in History of Art from Birkbeck, University of London and a PhD from the University of York.^[4]

Career

Riding worked as the former curator of the Palace of Westminster before becoming Director of the Handel House Museum.^[3][1] Riding has worked as Books Editor for The Art Newspaper.^[5][6]

In 2016, she published Jacobites: A New History of the ’45 Rebellion.^[2][7][8] In 2018, she published Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre.^[2][9] In 2021, she published Hogarth: Life in Progress, which was the Sunday Times Art Book of the Year.^[10] In 2023, she published Hogarth’s Britons.^[2]

She has worked as the art history and historical adviser on several films,^[1] including Mr. Turner (2014), Peterloo (2018),^[11] Colette (2018), Gwen (2018) and Prizefighter (2022).^[3]

She is an Honorary Visiting Fellow of the University of York.^[3]

She is a fellow of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Clore Leadership Programme, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.^[3][12] She is a trustee of Sandycombe Lodge and the Jacobite Studies Trust.^[3]

She is a writer of the Historical Writers Association.^[12]

Published works

• Riding, Jacqueline (2010-10-19). Mid-Georgian Britain. Oxford: Shire Publications. ISBN 978-0-7478-0799-5.
• Riding, Jacqueline (2016-04-07). Jacobites. London Oxford New York New Delhi Sydney: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4088-1969-2.
• Riding, Jacqueline (2018). Peterloo. London: Head of Zeus. ISBN 978-1-78669-583-3.
• Riding, Jacqueline (2021-07-01). Hogarth. London: Profile Books. ISBN 978-1-78283-611-7.
• Riding, Jacqueline (2023). Hogarth's Britons. London: Paul Holberton publishing. ISBN 978-1-913645-45-8.