Quote of the day
There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.
Thomas Flatman

Born: February 21, 1635
Died: December 8, 1688 (aged 53)
Bio: Thomas Flatman was an English poet and miniature painter. There were several editions of his Poems and Songs. One of his self-portraits is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. A portrait of Charles II is in the Wallace Collection, London.