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Ellen Embleton tells the story behind a spectacular painting in the Royal Society's home in Carlton House Terrace.

A new exhibition shows how mathematics was central to the work of the artist, writer and critic John Ruskin, as curator Professor Sandra Kemp explains.

Ellen Embleton admires watercolour paintings of Norfolk by two Fellows of the Royal Society, Tony Fogg and William Pearsall.

Victorian artist George Frederick Watts painted a series of frescoes in number 7 Carlton House Terrace, now home to the Royal Society - but where are they now? Katherine Marshall investigates.

Why did the artist Lady Kathleen Stannus Robertson choose Bushy House, home of the National Physical Laboratory, as the subject for a series of drawings? Ellen Embleton investigates.

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.

Katherine Marshall discovers how the Royal Society came to possess images of Dorothy Hodgkin FRS by three major artists: Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland and Bryan Organ.

A new Royal Society Google Arts & Culture exhibition looks at how John Ruskin interacted with Victorian scientists in his depictions of the skies, as exhibition curator Professor Sandra Kemp explains.

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

Ellen Embleton admires the watercolours of Royal Society portraits created by copyist George Perfect Harding, and now housed in the Library's Newtoniana volumes.

Katherine Marshall looks at some of the treasures in the Royal Society Picture Library, a resource which now contains more than 10,000 items.

Ellen Embleton looks at the lack of representation of women in scientific portrait collections, and considers five commissions from 2013 that aimed to increase their visibility on the walls of Carlton House Terrace.