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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.

Head of an old woman. Stipple engraving.

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

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--.

Isaac Lamb, a centenarian, sitting on a chair outdoors, winding the handle of a gramophone. Photograph, ca 1921.

An old man is sitting in a cart being offered food, women are cooking and children are playing and eating. Etching by Arthur Pond after P.L. Ghezzi.

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.

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

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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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.

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

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.