Portrait of Benjamin Atkins and his wife, each aged 101, 1889. Photography by Valentine Blanchard (1831-1901).
Medium: woodburytype Publication: George Murray Humphry, Old Age. The Results of Information received respecting nearly Nine Hundred Persons who had attained the Age of Eighty Years, including Seventy-Four Centenarians. Cambridge, Macmillan and Bowes, 1889. Lucian Goldschmidt and Weston J. Naef, The Truthful Lens, The Grolier Club, New York, 1980, cat. no 90 Other Collections: Notes: From an early study of old age in England with details of life-styles, maladies and medical condition based on post-mortems. As a compilation of health conditions affecting the extraordinary old, this little book could scarcely be more comprehensive. The evidence for this work was gathered by several participating doctors who, in addition to a routine physical examination, submitted a uniform questionnaire to their senior patients, the results of which were lated tabulated by the author. Incidents of specific diseases, mental clarity, relevant past history and general disposition are individually addressed in this thorough depiction of longevity (Pickering & Chatto Cat. 771). The frontispiece is a pasted-in photograph (woodbury-type) by Valentine Blanchard showing portrait of Benjamin Atkins and his wife, each aged 101. ”These pictures are among the first to serve a purely sociological purpose. The author, a surgeon, was a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge University.” (Truthful Lens 90).
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