Portrait of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) Finish:Float frame The king points to the

The king points to the petitions

trapped in the Arctic ice in Felix Harbour

North east view of a house in Sweating's Passage

Plate 2 from Eerste vervolg der proefneemingen

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Portrait of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) Finish:Float frame The king points to theFull 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