"inclination prompted him to do it, as his countenance "is strongly expressive of languor and fatigue, and his 66 eyes are cast on the pot with an air of great indiffe"rence. He is sitting on the left side of the picture."

It is supposed that these eight persons are the oldest of whom any picture is now extant. It was therefore considered proper, that Engravings of them should be executed, to accompany the Code of Health and Longevity.