“On December 28, 1817,” writes Stanley Plumly, “the painter Benjamin Robert Haydon hosts what he refers to in his diaries and ‘Autobiography’ as the ‘immortal dinner.’ The stated reasons for the dinner are, one, that Haydon wants to introduce his young friend John Keats to the great William Wordsworth, and, two, that Haydon wishes to celebrate his progress on his most important and largest historical painting so far, ‘Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem.’ ” Read full article >>