Consists of ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings

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M0013808: Appendix On Old Age, Section on the chronic diseases

A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.

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.

M0013763: Mental excercise and long life

Head of an old woman. Stipple engraving.

An old woman, sitting in the nude. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.

M0013807: The account of William Kelman, an old man above 100

M0013785: Ecclesiastes, chapter XII, on old age

The three ages of man: a couple embrace, children play with hoops and toys, and an old couple eat at a table. Engraving by P. Fürst, 1652.

An old man dozing in a chair; representing the eightieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

Hair brain sculpture

De senectute, De amicitia, De divinatione / Cicero ; with an English translation by William Armistead Falconer.

Cato major, or, The book of old age / first written by M.T. Cicero ; and now excellently Englished by William Austin of Lincolns Inne, Esquire ; with annotations upon the names of the men and places.

Old age among the ancient Greeks : the Greeks portrayal of old age in literature, art, and inscriptions, with a study of the duration of life among the ancient Greeks on the basis of inscriptional evidence / by Bessie Ellen Richardson.

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Old age

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Hair brain sculpture

De senectute, De amicitia, De divinatione / Cicero ; with an English translation by William Armistead Falconer.

Cato major, or, The book of old age / first written by M.T. Cicero ; and now excellently Englished by William Austin of Lincolns Inne, Esquire ; with annotations upon the names of the men and places.

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.

Old age among the ancient Greeks : the Greeks portrayal of old age in literature, art, and inscriptions, with a study of the duration of life among the ancient Greeks on the basis of inscriptional evidence / by Bessie Ellen Richardson.

Old age

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Images referencing Old age

Works from the collections

Hair brain sculpture

De senectute, De amicitia, De divinatione / Cicero ; with an English translation by William Armistead Falconer.

Cato major, or, The book of old age / first written by M.T. Cicero ; and now excellently Englished by William Austin of Lincolns Inne, Esquire ; with annotations upon the names of the men and places.

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.

Old age among the ancient Greeks : the Greeks portrayal of old age in literature, art, and inscriptions, with a study of the duration of life among the ancient Greeks on the basis of inscriptional evidence / by Bessie Ellen Richardson.

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