GB 0117 IM - Royal Society images and photographs

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0117 IM

Title

Royal Society images and photographs

Date(s)

  • 1660- (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

?

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

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

Repository

Archival history

GB 0117 IM 1660- Collection (fonds) ? Various

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

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.

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

Open

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

Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Feb 2009. Royal Society

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

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.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

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

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

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

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Publication note

Notes area

Note

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Royal Society

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area