The Portrait of Longevity The brush meets the canvas in the mid-nineteenth century, capturing a life that defies the typical limits of human endurance. In 1850, Henry Caunter turns his attention to Richard Bunclark, a man whose very existence challenges the passage of time. Bunclark is not a nobleman or a high-ranking official, but a woodman to the Druid estate at Ashburton. He is ninety-five years old, yet he remains a figure of vitality. Caunter’s work from this period captures more than a likeness; it documents a specific, rugged reality of the Devon landscape and the people who shaped it.…