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Images referencing Bathing customs

33 images from works
  • 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.
  • Water tank, Srīperumbūdur, India. Coloured aquatint by C. Gold, 1799, after himself.
  • Krishna stealing the cowgirls clothes and watching them bathe in the river below. Chromolithograph.
  • John baptises Christ in the Jordan. Engraving by P. Galle, 1564, after M. van Heemskerck.
  • Susanna and the elders. Engraving by J-F. Beauvarlet after J-M. Vien.
  • Baolee at Ramnagur, Benares, India: the public bath in the Ramnagur Palace. Coloured aquatint, 1813.
  • God appears radiantly behind a black cloud as Moses swings an incense burner; four people are washing their feet and hands in preparation. Etching.
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Works from the collections

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

    | Date: [2023]
    • Pictures

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

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 728728i
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    • Online

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

    | Cornelis Schut | Date: [date of publication not identified] | Reference: 28768i
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    Christ washes the feet of the apostles; Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet; a farmer washes his cattle's feet. Engraving.

    | Date: 1829 | Reference: 22868i
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    People bathing in the river Jordan. Coloured lithograph after D. Roberts, 1839.

    | David Roberts | Date: 1839 | Reference: 23616i
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Related topics

Public baths
Christianity
Water
Nudity
Sexual harassment of women
Rivers
Rites and ceremonies
Women in Judaism
Sex and law
Misconduct in office

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