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A prim older woman looks disapprovingly as a young couple walk off together arm in arm. Engraving by J. Brain after J.J. Jenkins.
Jenkins, Joseph John, 1811-1885.Date: 1838Reference: 27662i
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An aged blind and toothless woman holding a vellum-bound book. Etching by W.Y. Ottley, 1828, after Jan Matham after Jacob van Campen.
Campen, Jacob van, 1595-1657.Date: 1828Reference: 16506i
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Mary Brotherton encounters Old Sally, a woman on the moor. Line block after R.W. Buss, 1840.
Buss, Robert William, 1804-1875.Date: [1840]Reference: 31894i
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An old woman from Normandy holding a tulip. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 1774, after P.A. Wille.
Wille, Pierre Alexandre, 1748-1821.Date: 1774Reference: 676732i
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A funeral procession of elderly women with cats in their arms, following the coffin of a dead cat, in a churchyard. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Pettit after E.G. Byron, 1789.
Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792.Date: 10 April 1789Reference: 563070i
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Penrose Almshouses, Barnstaple, Devon: an old woman standing by a wooden water-pump. Photograph by R.L. Knight, 192-.
Knight, R.L.Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]Reference: 2822119i
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An old woman sits spinning by candelelight as a boy and a cat warm themselves by the fire. Engraving by J. Parker after R. Corbould.
Corbould, Richard, 1757-1831.Date: May 1 1793Reference: 29960i
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Active choices : : a handbook for older women / written and produced by Association of Greater London Older Women, Islington Age Concern, Islington Council Women's Equality Unit.
Association of Greater London Older WomenDate: 1998
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An old woman from Normandy. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 1770, after P.A. Wille.
Wille, Pierre Alexandre, 1748-1821.Date: [1770]Reference: 676730i
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A mouse is caught in a mousetrap held by an old woman; a girl pulls on a cord tied to the mouse's tail. Line engraving by N. Cavalli after A. Marinetti, il Chiozzotto.
Marinetti, Antonio, 1710-1796.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 2476898i
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A woman who has lost her hair is standing in front of a mirror with a wig in her hands, there are bottles and potions on the table by her and a box on the floor at her feet. Colour lithograph, 18--.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 35487i
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Alter und Geschlecht : Repräsentationen, Geschichten und Theorien des Alter(n)s / Heike Hartung (Hg.).
Date: [2005], ©2005
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An elderly woman reading a novel by the fire asks her maid to change her library books, with a preference for romantic fiction. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 1830-1839Reference: 33680i
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Four elderly ladies sitting around a table gossiping; another woman listens from behind a curtain and looks rather shocked. Etching by George Cruikshank after EHL.
L., E.H., active 1816-1817.Date: Augt. 1st 1835Reference: 33151i
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A woman holding an ear trumpet. Photograph, 186-.
Date: [between 1860 and 1869?]Reference: 672844i
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Frances Bourne, aged 92, putting out the dustbin. Photograph, 1969.
Date: [1969]Reference: 2848405i
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A very old woman. Pencil drawing after Rembrandt.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.Reference: 3334i
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An old lady sitting at her dressing table mirror holding flowers, two younger women are putting feathers in her hair. Etching attributed to J. Falck after B. Strozzi.
Strozzi, Bernardo, 1581-1644.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 35207i
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1 in 3 women who get breast cancer are over 70, so don't assume you're past it : be clear on cancer / produced by Williams Lea for Public Health England.
Date: [2013]
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A soldier bends down to put some money into the hand of an old lady who is sitting on the side of the road. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1829.
Bellangé, H. (Hippolyte), 1800-1866.Date: [1829]Reference: 32051i
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An old woman wearing a black veil, identified as Rembrandt's mother. Etching by or after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.Date: 1631Reference: 577902i
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Ford's Hospital, Coventry: residents seated in the courtyard looking toward the street. Photograph.
Reference: 527796i
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An old woman is threading a needle, there are various sewing instruments on the table. Engraving by J. Jenkins after M.W. Sharp.
Sharp, Michael William, -1840.Date: July 1st. 1823Reference: 29997i
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A physician holding up a flask of urine for an old lady holding a basket and walking stick. Woodcut by Jost Amman.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.Date: [1568]Reference: 35399i
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An old lady in a pharmacy misunderstanding the use of a thermometer: she thinks the ambient temperature will adjust to match a setting on the thermometer, rather than vice versa. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1887.
Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.Date: 1887Reference: 15634i

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A prim older woman looks disapprovingly as a young couple walk off together arm in arm. Engraving by J. Brain after J.J. Jenkins.

An aged blind and toothless woman holding a vellum-bound book. Etching by W.Y. Ottley, 1828, after Jan Matham after Jacob van Campen.

Mary Brotherton encounters Old Sally, a woman on the moor. Line block after R.W. Buss, 1840.

An old woman from Normandy holding a tulip. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 1774, after P.A. Wille.

A funeral procession of elderly women with cats in their arms, following the coffin of a dead cat, in a churchyard. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Pettit after E.G. Byron, 1789.

Penrose Almshouses, Barnstaple, Devon: an old woman standing by a wooden water-pump. Photograph by R.L. Knight, 192-.

An old woman sits spinning by candelelight as a boy and a cat warm themselves by the fire. Engraving by J. Parker after R. Corbould.

Active choices : : a handbook for older women / written and produced by Association of Greater London Older Women, Islington Age Concern, Islington Council Women's Equality Unit.

An old woman from Normandy. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 1770, after P.A. Wille.

A mouse is caught in a mousetrap held by an old woman; a girl pulls on a cord tied to the mouse's tail. Line engraving by N. Cavalli after A. Marinetti, il Chiozzotto.

A woman who has lost her hair is standing in front of a mirror with a wig in her hands, there are bottles and potions on the table by her and a box on the floor at her feet. Colour lithograph, 18--.

Alter und Geschlecht : Repräsentationen, Geschichten und Theorien des Alter(n)s / Heike Hartung (Hg.).

An elderly woman reading a novel by the fire asks her maid to change her library books, with a preference for romantic fiction. Lithograph after R. Seymour.

Four elderly ladies sitting around a table gossiping; another woman listens from behind a curtain and looks rather shocked. Etching by George Cruikshank after EHL.

A woman holding an ear trumpet. Photograph, 186-.

Frances Bourne, aged 92, putting out the dustbin. Photograph, 1969.

A very old woman. Pencil drawing after Rembrandt.

An old lady sitting at her dressing table mirror holding flowers, two younger women are putting feathers in her hair. Etching attributed to J. Falck after B. Strozzi.

1 in 3 women who get breast cancer are over 70, so don't assume you're past it : be clear on cancer / produced by Williams Lea for Public Health England.

A soldier bends down to put some money into the hand of an old lady who is sitting on the side of the road. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1829.

An old woman wearing a black veil, identified as Rembrandt's mother. Etching by or after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631.

Ford's Hospital, Coventry: residents seated in the courtyard looking toward the street. Photograph.

An old woman is threading a needle, there are various sewing instruments on the table. Engraving by J. Jenkins after M.W. Sharp.

A physician holding up a flask of urine for an old lady holding a basket and walking stick. Woodcut by Jost Amman.

An old lady in a pharmacy misunderstanding the use of a thermometer: she thinks the ambient temperature will adjust to match a setting on the thermometer, rather than vice versa. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1887.