Seven ages of man - Hand coloured 19th century print, illustrating the seven stages, or ages, of Man, as described by Shakespeare in As You Like It (Act 2, scene vii). Based on the notion that each of the stages of development is ruled by a planet - with the Moon ruling childhood, Saturn old age.

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Photo credit: © Charles Walker Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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