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Intrigued by a portrait that was briefly part of the Royal Society’s collection, Ainsley Vinall investigates some other 'paintings that got away'.

Virginia Mills looks at two medical case studies in the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions, and the portraits of the patients.

Ainsley Vinall tells the story of the astronomer Alexander Aubert FRS, the subject of an oil painting recently purchased by the Royal Society.

Some prints in the Royal Society's picture collection - and even one of the oil paintings - are not who we thought they were, as Ainsley Vinall explains.

Vida Milovanovic discovers the stories behind the Royal Society's portraits of Albert Einstein and Max Born.

The scientific influence of Thomas Henry Huxley FRS reappears throughout the lives of his children and grandchildren, as Ainsley Vinall discovers.

Jon Bushell looks at the Royal Society's portraits of Edmond Halley, and a diagram of Halley's curious model for the internal structure of the Earth.

Ellen Embleton discovers how the Royal Society Library acquired its collection of engravings, including more than 900 portraits amassed by the scientific writer John Peter Gassiot FRS.

Clues to the early life and scientific interests of Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy can be found in his portrait at the Royal Society, as Daniel Belteki explains.

We've made some improvements to the web interface of the Royal Society Picture Library, as Ellen Embleton explains.

Ellen Embleton highlights our collection of Admission Day photographs of Royal Society Fellows, and discovers how the practice began.

Katherine Marshall introduces our new online exhibition, featuring portraits of scientists taken by renowned photographer Anne-Katrin Purkiss.