concept

HIV & STD prevention after 50 / written by Marcia Quackenbush.

An old woman with a flower; representing the sense of smell. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.

Eating through the years : healthy eating in retirement / Heinz.

A Greenwich pensioner, filling a pipe with tobacco, a tankard of ale at his elbow. Engraving by J. Jenkins after M. W. Sharp.

HIV? AIDS? : we're older people it's not our problem ... / The Positive Place, Age Concern Lewisham.

An old woman wearing spectacles; representing the sense of sight. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.

Asylum for Worthy and Decayed Freemasons, Croydon, England: perspective view and floor plan. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1852.

A sick old man with the woes of old age. Engraving by B. Lépicié, 1745, after Etienne Jeaurat.

Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

Good food for better health : easy eating for the over sixties / issued jointly by the British Dietetic Association Incorporated... and the National Old People's Welfare Council.

HIV? AIDS? : we're older gay men it's not our problem ... / The Positive Place, Age Concern Lewisham.

Damon's advice to Chloe, or, Darby and Joan.

The other side of growing older / Pat Brown ; illustrated by Gillian Simmonds.

Elderly antiquarians examining a chamber pot purported to be Boadicea's. Etching by F. Grose.

A group of Chelsea Pensioners disputing in the Hall at the Royal Hospital. Colour lithograph after E.R. White.

Tactile paving : design guide 003 / [Surface].

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

We're experiencing some technical problems in the library today. 

If you’re visiting us, you won’t be able to print or use our PCs or laptops. If you want to sign-up for a free library membership, we’ll give you a temporary card for today and complete your membership next time you visit.

You can access items from the collection as usual and our team is on hand to help. Thank you for your patience while we resolve these issues. 

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

Older people

Images from the collections

Images referencing Older people

Works from the collections

The other side of growing older / Pat Brown ; illustrated by Gillian Simmonds.

Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

Elderly antiquarians examining a chamber pot purported to be Boadicea's. Etching by F. Grose.

A group of Chelsea Pensioners disputing in the Hall at the Royal Hospital. Colour lithograph after E.R. White.

Tactile paving : design guide 003 / [Surface].

Older people

Images from the collections

Images referencing Older people

Works from the collections

The other side of growing older / Pat Brown ; illustrated by Gillian Simmonds.

Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

Elderly antiquarians examining a chamber pot purported to be Boadicea's. Etching by F. Grose.

A group of Chelsea Pensioners disputing in the Hall at the Royal Hospital. Colour lithograph after E.R. White.

Tactile paving : design guide 003 / [Surface].

Related topics