Optimism

Posted on 25/12/2012 by layanglicana

Marthe_Marie_Tronchin

Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.

Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763-1825)

The illustration is a portrait of Marthe MarieTronchin  c 175o by Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789), a Swiss painter via Wikimedia

About layanglicana

Author of books on Calcutta, Delhi and Dar es Salaam, I am now blogging as a lay person about the Church of England and the Anglican Communion. I am also blogging about the effects of World War One on the village of St Mary Bourne, Hampshire.
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