John Steele or Black Steele, beggar and strong man, depicted at 109 years old. He used to help himself to whatever he required, with none of his neighbors daring to oppose him. Copperplate engraving by John Kay from A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Hugh Paton, Edinburgh, 1842.

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