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R PAGE. 'Thomas Parr, Who died at the Age of 152 Years', 1821. Creator: R Page.

R PAGE. 'Thomas Parr, Who died at the Age of 152 Years', 1821. Portrait of Englishman Thomas Parr who claimed to be a supercentenarian. ' Old Parr' claimed to have been born in 1483, and died in 1635. The physician William Harvey performed an autopsy on Parr, who had allegedly survived on a diet of 'subrancid cheese and milk in every form, coarse and hard bread and small drink, generally sour whey'. From "Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation", Vol. II, by Henry Wilson. [J. Robins and Co. Albion Press, London, 1821].
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'Thomas Parr, Who died at the Age of 152 Years', 1821. Creator: R Page.
'Thomas Parr, Who died at the Age of 152 Years', 1821. Portrait of Englishman Thomas Parr who claimed to be a supercentenarian. ' Old Parr' claimed to have been born in 1483, and died in 1635. The physician William Harvey performed an autopsy on Parr, who had allegedly survived on a diet of 'subrancid cheese and milk in every form, coarse and hard bread and small drink, generally sour whey'. From "Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation", Vol. II, by Henry Wilson. [J. Robins and Co. Albion Press, London, 1821]
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33.7 x 46.6 cm | 13.3 x 18.3 in (300 dpi)