Portrait of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) Finish:Stretched at a house party at

at a house party at Cliveden

a gala evening held at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

with figures walking in the park

Its simple but imaginative design made the most of resources in post-war France

The head of Charles Flower

Portrait of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) Finish:Stretched at a house party atFull 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