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Royal Society

Royal Society images and photographs


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 IM

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Royal Society images and photographs

Date(s): 1660-

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: ?

Name of creator(s): Various

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The images of the Fellows of the Royal Society have been collected since the foundation of the Society in 1660.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Photographs, engravings and other images of the Fellows of the Royal Society. Also includes manuscripts and objects of the Royal Society. They appear in various formats, whether in engravings, drawings, watercolours, paintings, sculpture, artefacts and photographs. There are also photographs of their manuscripts, works and publications.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material:

System of arrangement:

The collection is filed alphabetically by individual and subject. Reference numbers are arranged in sequence.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects

Personal names

Corporate names
Royal Society

Places