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Antique Print Poster Stuffenjahre Des Menschen Ages of Men - Original antique colored copperplate engraving The Stage Years of Man / Die Stuffenjahre Des Menschen - Illustration features the evolution of a man's life presented with him climbing steps up and over the earth starting as a child, getting married, then descending into old age alone. The staircase of life was a popular representation of advancing age for over four centuries. Most of the pictures from the 19th century show bourgeois good behavior: hard work and ambition lead to high social standing in the middle of life, followed in descending order by renunciation of power and loss of social importance - as in these ”age stages” from the first half of the 19th century. Picture - Good condition, staining, creasing. Frame - Good condition, some scuff marks, some staining. Country of issue: Germany, designer: Friedrich Campe, size (cm): 18x22 (picture) 27x35 (framed), year of printing: 1820s.