Portrait of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) mb-artistname Janet Archer claiming it was left from

claiming it was left from the previous Liberal administration

with recently arrived guests outside

McKendrick

showing the City of London

Portrait of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) mb-artistname Janet Archer claiming it was left fromFull length seated portrait of Fontenelle dressed in loose robes and turban holding a quill pen in his right hand, the left arm leaning against a table upon which stands a globe and inkwells. Inscribed: 'Guilleinot del. Chollet sc.' Inscribed in pencil lower left '1732 Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle 1657 to 1757'. Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1732. Original: engraving. ca. 1830s