presented in 1910 by La Societe Prehistorique Francaise to Melle Chervin.
sigh
To “Mᵉˡˡᵉ Chervin” = Mademoiselle Chervin = Miss Chervin. I can’t find any actual biographical details of the lady, but I suspect she may have been the daughter of Dr Arthur Chervin.
I was laid up on the couch and had time for some light googling.
dude, your google-fu is exceptional!
i am reminded that it was you, sir, that searchified a flowering tree that i now have in my yard…
thanks for that, BTW
the starburst tree!
I went on my first Pleine Air outing yesterday at Yawkey Wildlife Center, a bunch of land set aside for wildlife. Lots of marshes. No masterpieces, but I’m happy with a couple of my field sketches.
Here’s the first stop:
And the second really short stop:
I’ve been trying to get better at colors recently and feel like it’s paid off.
Oh lordy, I misunderstood you. I read “plane air outing.” I thought you were arting on an airplane! I confess to being very intrigued, and also confused. This makes much more sense!
Your efforts are paying off! Very nice!
Haha! Back when I used to fly a lot for work I did some airport sketching, so that was kind of plane air 
I could post a photo of a blank sheet of watercolor paper and call it “plain air” painting. 
