Portrait of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) mb-artistname Janet Archer his patrol covers Blair Drummond

his patrol covers Blair Drummond Safari & Leisure Park near Stirling in Scotland

View showing figures around a fountain and seated in a bower

View of East India House

enclosed in an inscribed oval frame surmounted by a coat of arms with the motto 'Non Lethum Leti' and decorated with acanthus

Portrait of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) mb-artistname Janet Archer his patrol covers Blair DrummondFull 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