Suzanne Matheson is a specialist in British Romantic literature and culture, focusing on the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, particularly in relation to visual art and aesthetic theory. She has worked extensively on poetry and the design of William Blake's illuminated books. Matheson is currently writing a social history of public art exhibition in Georgian England, exploring how the 'invention' of art-viewing audiences during this period influenced perceptions of art. Her recent interdisciplinary project, 'Tintern Abbey Era Romanticism,' investigates the role of spectatorship and the theories of gaze within Romantic visual culture, especially concerning iconic landscape sites. Additional interests include the study of eighteenth-century optical technology, notably Claude mirrors, as part of a current collaborative project hosted by the BBC and the Max Planck Institute in Berlin. Matheson has contributed articles to the 'Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age' and the 'Literary Supplement,' and has participated in the Courtauld Institute's exhibition catalogue 'Art Line: Royal Academy Exhibitions Somerset House 1780-1836.' In 2008, she was a Windsor Humanities Research Fellow.