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Bathing customs - History

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Images about Bathing customs - History

6 images from works
  • Moscow: people swimming and sunbathing at Cerebrensky public baths. Etching by M.G. Eichler, 1799, after G. de la Barthe, 1796.
  • The bathing ghats and lingham temples by the river Ganges, Benares, India. Process print after S.G. Dawson.
  • The public bath or Baollee, near Old Delhi, India. Wood engraving.
  • A Brahman after his ritual puja. Watercolour drawing.
  • Moscow: people swimming and sunbathing at Cerebrensky public baths. Etching by M.G. Eichler, 1799, after G. de la Barthe, 1796.
  • Hot Baths at Leuk, Switzerland: interior showing patients bathing. Process print after A. Forestier.

Works from the collections

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    The public bath or Baollee, near Old Delhi, India. Wood engraving.

    | Date: 10 April [1858?] | Reference: 16826i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A Brahman after his ritual puja. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 28441i
    • Books

    Down the plughole : an irreverent history of the bath / Steve Dobell.

    | Dobell, Steve | Date: [1996]
    • Books

    Die Renaissance der Heilquellen in Italien und Europa von 1200 bis 1600 : Geschichte, Kultur und Vorstellungswelt = Il rinascimento delle fonti termali in Italia e in Europa dal 1200 al 1600 : storia, cultura e immaginario / Didier Boisseuil, Hartmut Wulfram (Hrsg.) ; mit Unterstützung von von Marilyn Nicoud.

    | Date: 2012
    • Books

    Bäder, Duft und Seife : Kulturgeschichte der Hygiene [Ausstellung des Kunstgewerbemuseums der Stadt Köln, 20. 2. 1976-23. 5. 1976 im Overstolzenhaus] / Bearb. von Gisela Reineking von Bock.

    | Gisela Reineking von Bock | Date: 1976
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Baths - History
Hygiene - History

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