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Bathing customs

Images

  • Bathers at the banks of the Jordan river, with Achmet Aga, the governor of Jerusalem, with his guards, looking on. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.
  • Dasasamadhi Ghat on the Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.
  • Sulphur Baths, Uritzino, Japan: panoramic view. Coloured lithograph by Hanhart after C. Wirgman.
  • Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.
  • Moscow: people swimming and sunbathing at Cerebrensky public baths. Etching by M.G. Eichler, 1799, after G. de la Barthe, 1796.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Social sauna : bathing & wellbeing / Jane Withers & Ria Hawthorn ; edited by Jane Withers Studio.

    | Date: [2023]
    • Books

    Das Bad in der byzantinischen Zeit / von Albrecht Berger.

    Berger, Albrecht, 1957- | Date: 1982
    • Pictures

    People bathing in a river before a funeral. Watercolour painting, 18--.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 728728i
    Part of: Funeral in Japan: watercolours
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    • Online

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

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

    Susanna and the elders. Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman junior after Cornelis Schut.

    Schut, Cornelis, 1597-1655. | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 28768i
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