| Description | Diagram showing the table arrangement and seating positions of 208 named Fellows and their guests at the Society's anniversary dinner at the Hotel Metropole, London. Headed: 'The Royal Society. Anniversary Dinner, Monday, December 1, 1890.' Each seating place and its occupant are numbered and there is an index to these names. The guests included the Italian Ambassador, the Lord Chancellor, Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (1823-1921), Baron d'Estournelles (1852-1924), and a representative of The Times. Printed by Harrison & Sons. |