Photograph by David Spero
Photograph by Sid Baker taken for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Negative number BB96/9894
Photograph by Sid Baker taken for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Negative number BB96/9892
Third painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
Sixth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
Specimen of the Society's Christmas Card. Second painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
From an engraving in Charles Knight's London, Vol. 5, 1843, p.357\nThe Library was originally planned by the Adams brothers as the Society's 'Repository' or 'Model Room' where mechanical inventions and agricultural machinery for which prizes had been awarded by the Society were permanently displayed in the 18th century. Now the Benjamin Franklin Room
Now the Benjamin Franklin Room