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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.

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.

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--.

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.

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

Five elderly ladies caricatured as young women performing a sacrifice in a classical tableau. Etching by J. Gillray, 1787.

Canton, Kwangtung province, China: an old woman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

An old woman reading. Line engraving by J.G. Wille after G. Dou.

(Left) an old woman sitting on a stool with a cat and warming her hands at a brazier; (right) an old man playing the hurdy-gurdy. Etching by E. Russell after J. Callot.

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.

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.

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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.