Thomas Parr, aged 152. Line engraving by C. van Dalen.

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On the sitter see Dictionary of National Biography

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1 print : line engraving ; image 12.8 x 10.3 cm

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The olde, old, very olde man or Thomas Par, the sonne of Iohn Parr of Winnington ... C. V.Dalen sculp: Lettering continues: "in the parish of Alberbury; in the county of Shropshire 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 hee dyed November the 15th and is now buryed in Westminster: 1635"

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