Subscription form for Fellows
                                Date
                            
                            
                                14 November 1670
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                Unknown, Artist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Object type
                            
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Archive reference number
                            
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Manuscript page number
                            
                            
                                p202
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Material
                            
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (page): 312mm
width (page): 202mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (page): 202mm
                                Subject
                            
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Description
                            
                            
                                A small circle indicating the place where a seal should be affixed on the subscription form for Fellows, designed by John Hoskins, later President of the Royal Society.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Object history
                            
                            
                                At the council meeting of the Royal Society on 14 November 1670, ‘Mr. Hoskyns produced the legal form of subscriptions, which had been recommended by him at the last meeting of the council’ (Birch 2:452). Birch prints the full text.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Related fellows
                            
                            
                                John Hoskyns (1634 - 1705, British) , Natural philosopher
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Associated place