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Christian Jacobsen Drakenberg, a man aged 144. Engraving.

Isaac Ingall, aged 118. Mezzotint by J. Yeatherd after J. Nash.

An old man, designated as Thomas Smith, aged 112. Etching by Jan Lievens.

Jan Kuiper, aged 107. Line engraving by J. Houbraken after J.M. Quinckhardt, 1745.

Joseph Rullier, aged 106. Etching by J. Leroy.

Henry Jenkins, aged 169. Lithograph after Walker.

Henry Jenkins, aged 169. Line engraving after R. Walker.

Thomas Parr, said to have died aged 152 years. Engraving.

John Daubeny, a centenarian, holding a 1 year old boy. Photograph, ca. 1922.

William Walker, aged 123. Line engraving after J. Slack.

Elizabeth Shaw, aged 117. Coloured etching by B. Howlett, 1800, after R. Sheardown, 1780.

Matthew Champion, aged 108. Stipple engraving.

Thomas Parr, aged 152. Line engraving after T. Simon.

Thomas Parr, aged 152. Line engraving.

Dame Jeffrey at 101 years old. Photograph.

Anatomical study of the head of Henry Jenkins, aged 169. Pen and ink drawing.

The art of living long : a new and improved English version of the treatise / by the celebrated Venetian centenarian Louis Cornaro, with essays by Joseph Addison, Lord Bacon, and Sir William Temple.

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