Abstract
Much of science today relies on visual information of one kind or other for its experiments, observations, simulations and publications. The historical study of how visual resources (such as drawings, prints or models) became integral to scientific knowledge is a developing field and an area to which the pictorial remains of the early Royal Society have much to contribute. This paper examines the examples of Richard Waller (d. 1714 or 1715; FRS 1681) and Henry Hunt (d. 1713), Operator of the Society, who both created images for the Society's publications and meetings. By focusing on their contribution to knowledge rather than on their accuracy, I discuss how images were used to express the Society's aspirations and values, and were integral to the weekly business of investigating nature in the early Royal Society.
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