Title

A meeting of the Royal Society in Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 18th century (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Caption

A meeting of the Royal Society in Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 18th century (c1880). Isaac Newton is in the President's chair and the mace of the Royal Society, granted to it by Charles II, is on the table in front of him. Founded in 1660, the Royal Society had rooms in Crane Court from 1710-1782.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B64_447

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35,3Mb (4,2Mb) / 14,6in x 9,4in / 4370 x 2822 (300dpi)

Keywords

road London England people male interior indoors job man men street meeting guy occupation lane avenue dress scientist location century profession inside president meeting room B&W MONOCHROME mace 19th century black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive Crane Court Fleet Street Royal Society TGN Isaac Newton wood engraving Unknown Isaac Newton Sir Isaac wood engraving