Automata to AI

11 December 2018 by Jessica Montgomery

One of the more unusual images in the Royal Society’s archives depicts two human musicians and a gold duck. This…

Retro radiography

27 November 2018 by Ellen Embleton

When Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the new ‘X-ray’ in 1895, James Mackenzie Davidson was quick to realise the opportunities that it afforded….

Let there be light – and colour!

6 November 2018 by Louisiane Ferlier

While looking for inspiration for our digital exhibits, I discovered that a 360° view of Raoul Dufy’s fresco ‘La Fée Electricité’…

At dusk in the graveyard

30 October 2018 by Rupert Baker

It’s nearly Halloween, so here’s a tale of an occurrence in a disused cemetery… I’ll pull the rug from under…

Cavallo’s colours

23 October 2018 by Katherine Marshall

The majority of our Picture Library content is derived from the biological sciences, so you may be surprised to learn…