2020, A Summary

Angels summoning the wolf blood moon.

Jules–Elie Delaunay (1828 - 1891)

Young Woman with a Sword

late 19th century

Robin Isely, Hans Memling - Man of Sorrows c.  1480.

Sandro Botticelli, Madonna of the Magnificat (detail), 1480-81

juliane marie, queen of denmark and norway and princess of brunswick-wolfenbüttel-bevern

vigilius eriksen, 1776

A group of people lying in a drunken heap in a living room, 1954. Photographed by Kurt Hutton.

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.

Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Literary history that happened on 12 July