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Very mediocre rulers are reborn as gel polish, so that something good may at last be said of them

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Still life “Oranges in Wrapping” by William Joseph McCloskey

Wrapped Oranges. William Joseph McCloskey

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Former King Albert II of Belgium and Queen Paola, married since 1959

The now non-reigning King of the Belgians, Albert II, aged 90, and his wife Queen Paola, aged 87. Married since 1959. Delightful 💞

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The Evangelist Luke with his symbol, the Eagle, and the motto More volans aquile verbo petit astra Iohannes, in a tenth-century book

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Mariya Bashkirtseva's 1883 painting of a girl with an umbrella

Girl with an Umbrella. Marie Bashkirtseff, 1883

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Nicholas II at the hunting lodge in 1894

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Citrus Still Life by Rafael Romeo Barros, 1863

Rafael Romeo Barros reminds us that the most tangerine season of the year is upon us. 1863.

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The Amish, who usually take no part in American political life, have this time not stood aside

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The Imperial Family in Foul Weather

NB! · Faith · The East · Art

The Holy Family as Imagined by an Early Seventeenth-Century Artist from Northern India

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Comparing the looks of young Donald Trump and young Winston Churchill

In looks alone, the young Donald Trump bears some resemblance to the young Winston Churchill. Or does he not?