3 July

Born in 1789 – Johann Friedrich Overbeck, German-Italian artist.

Above: Italia und Germania, 1828

Also, born in 1683, English poet and dramatist Edward Young.

Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever?

Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all?

This is a miracle; and that no more.

-from Young’s poem Night Thoughts

Previously on July 3, John Singleton Copley and Franz Kafka.