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