Bathing Collection (#91)

Santiago de Cuba. La Socapa Bathing-place, Cuba, c1900s
Santiago de Cuba. No. 113. Banos de la Socapa. La Socapa Bathing-place, Cuba

The brine bath, (1834), 1934
The brine bath - administered to prisoners who had been flogged, to prevent infection. From The Book of The Martyrs of Tolpuddle: 1834-1934, published by The Trades Union Congress General Council

Bathing ghat at Benares, India, late 19th or early 20th century. Benares (Varanasi) is a major place of pilgrimage for Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists alike

The beach, Dinard, Brittany, 20th century. Stereoscope Camerascope card detail

Bathing pool, Dinard, Brittany, France, 20th century. Stereoscope Camerascope card detail

A Different Thing, 1877 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
A Different Thing, 1877 (1891). A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, selected from Punch, Volume II, London, 1891

Women bathing, early 20th century(?)

Dover, from the Beach, 19th century. Artist: Francis
Dover, from the Beach, 19th century

The baths of Charlemagne, 8th-9th century (1882-1884). Artist: A Tauxier
The baths of Charlemagne, 8th-9th century (1882-1884). A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Bathing dress, 1885 (1956). From Sylvias Home Journal. A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential

Shanks Superior Bath Cabinet, c1880 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential

Royal York Baths, Regents Park, London, 1828. Artist: WR Smith
Royal York Baths, Regents Park, London, 1828. The baths opened in 1820

Advert for Krepe-Tex bathing costumes, 1935. A print from Vogue, 1st May 1935

Illustration from Yuletide, 1882. The Seven Ages of Man: First, the infant, muling and puking in the nurses arms

Advert for Ewarts Geyser for hot water, 1928. A print from The Sketch, of Christmas 1928

A bath house scene, Japan. Artist: Yoshiiku
A bath house scene, Japan

A Turkish bath in Jermyn Street, London, 1891. Artist: Swain
A Turkish bath in Jermyn Street, London, 1891. From Old and New London: a Narrative of its History, its People and its Places, volume IV, by Edward Walford, pulished by Cassell and Company (1891)

Looking across the Sacred Lake to the great temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking across the Sacred Lake to the great temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This sacred lake, now the wallowing pool for the buffalos of the neighbouring peasantry

Diana leaving her bath, 18th century (1905). Artist: Francois Boucher
Diana leaving her bath, 18th century (1905). From The Connoisseur magazine (April 1905)

How to bathe a new falcon, 14th century (1849). A 19th century version of an original 14th century manuscript illustration in Livres du Roy Modus, held at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris

Bathing ghats, Mathura, India, 1916-1917. A ghat is a series of steps leading down to a body of water in many parts of South Asia

The Bather, 19th century. Artist: William Etty
The Bather, 19th century. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume III, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Sergius Orata and other Romans, 1473-1480. Artist: Francois Fouquet
Sergius Orata and other Romans, 1473-1480. Sergius Orata pointing to the hanging baths (balneae pensiles) invented by him; Sergius Orata inspecting his artificial preserves for sea-fish;

In the Grotto, 1902-1903. Artist: Roessler
In the Grotto, 1902-1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1902-1903, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 8, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1902-1903)

Man having a massage in bath house, c1890. Illustration from Caucase and Asie Centrale, Types and Costumes, (a work on the people and costume of the Caucasus and Central Asia), by L Boulanger

La Baigneuse, 1907, (1938). Artist: Leon-Augustin Lhermitte
La Baigneuse, 1907, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe. [Emrose and Sons Ltd

Musidora, c1788 (1904). Artist: William Hamilton
Musidora, c1788 (1904). From The Royal Academy From Reynolds to Millais Edited by Charles Holme. [Offices of The Studio, London, Paris and New York, 1904]

Queen Annes Bath from a view taken in 1851, (1897). From Old and New London Vol III by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

A Premiere, 1888 (1945). Artist: Anders Leonard Zorn
A Premiere, 1888 (1945). A print from Konstnarsforbundets Historia I by Sixten Strombom, Stockholm, 1945

Social Beings, 1876 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
Social Beings, 1876 (1891). A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, Selected from Punch

Ceremony, 1872 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
Ceremony, 1872 (1891). A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, selected from Punch

Bathing at a Ghat on the Ganges, Calcutta, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Bathing at a ghat on the Ganges, Calcutta, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card

St Pancras Old Church, London, 1815. Artist: Charles Pye
St Pancras Old Church, London, 1815

The Mens Bath, 1497-1498, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Mens Bath, 1497-1498, (1936). Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France. A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe, 1936

Two decker barge used to move British troops up the Tigris from Amarah to Baghdad, 1918

Ruins of the thermal baths of Caracalla, Rome, 1886. The Baths of Caracalla were Roman public baths, or thermae, built in Rome between AD 212 and 216, during the reign of the Emperor Caracalla

Children Bathing, 18th century, (1912). Artist: L Edwards
Children Bathing, 18th century, (1912). A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1912)

Ocean beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: Frederic B Schell
Ocean beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

Ruby, Gold and Malachite, 1902, (1912). Artist: Henry Scott Tuke
Ruby, Gold and Malachite, 1902, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

The Ghat, Hurdwar, Hindus Bathing in the Ganges, 19th century. Artist: J Redaway
The Ghat, Hurdwar, Hindus Bathing in the Ganges, 19th century. Indians bathing in the holy waters of the River Ganges at Hardwar, Uttar Pradesh

Three Bathers, c. 1875. Private Collection

The Bath House. Artist: Plotnikov, Vladimir Alexandrovich (1866-1917)
The Bath House. Private Collection

Woman Combing Her Hair. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Woman Combing Her Hair. Found in the collection of Musee d Orsay, Paris

The Four Times of Day: Evening, c. 1740. Artist: Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743)
The Four Times of Day: Evening, c. 1740. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Nudes Bathing, 1929. Artist: Yakovlev, Alexander Yevgenyevich (1887-1938)
Nudes Bathing, 1929. From a private collection

Diana and Actaeon, 1556-1559. Artist: Titian (1488-1576)
Diana and Actaeon, 1556-1559. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Diana and Actaeon, ca 1604. Artist: Cesari, Giuseppe (1568-1640)
Diana and Actaeon, ca 1604. Found in the collection of the Szepmuveszeti Muzeum, Budapest

Russian bath. Illustration from Il costume antico e moderno o storia del governo? by Giulio Ferrario, 1831. From a private collection

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