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Portrait of Thomas Parr

Maker

(artist)
1800-1899

(publisher)
1764-1826

Title

Portrait of Thomas Parr

Date of Production

1813

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.4 cm
Width: 10.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5848.31

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre image & recto : : The Olde Old very Olde Man or Thomas Par, the / Sonne of John Parr of Winnington in the Parish of Alberbury / In the Country 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 years and odd Monethes 1635 / Publish'd by J Caulfield 1794. //

Inscription: inscription : written : lower centre margin & recto : : Thomas Parr //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin centre & recto : : BRITISH SCHOOL / J. Caulfield, Portraits Remarkable Persons, 1813. //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right margin & recto : : WITT / LIBRARY //

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