Thomas Parr, aged 152. Line engraving.

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Thomas Parr, aged 152. Line engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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On the sitter see Dictionary of National Biography

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1 print : line engraving ; image 12.3 x 10.2 cm

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The olde, old, very olde man or Thomas Par, the sonne of Iohn Parr of Winnington in the parish of Alberbury in the county of Shropshire ... Lettering continues: "who was borne in 1483 in the raigne of King Edward the 4th and is now living in the Strand, being aged 152 yeares and odd monethes 1635"

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