Dr Susanna Avery-Quash is the Senior Research Curator in the History of Collecting, in charge of pre-1900 objects in our History Collection, and responsible for activities associated with the research strands, ‘Buying, Collecting and Display’ and ‘Art and Religion’. Her recent co-edited publications include 'Leonardo in Britain: Collections and Historical Reception' (2019), and 'Old Masters Worldwide: Markets, Movements and Museums, 1789-1939' (2021). She is a trustee of The Society for the History of Collecting, TIAMSA, and the Francis Haskell Memorial Fund; and is a Specialist Volunteer for the National Trust. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, and at the University of Buckingham’s Humanities Research Institute.