Natural springs that produce water containing minerals

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The interior of the thermal baths, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Coloured aquatint by H. L'Evêque, 1814.

Lourdes and Gave-de-Pau, Hautes Pyrénées, France: peasants fishing with the castle in the background. Lithograph, 1821, after M. Colston.

Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

Strathpeffer Mineral Wells, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Engraving by J.C. Armytage, 1836, after T. Allom.

Bad Kreuth, Bavaria: the healing spring, and monument to King Maximilian I of Bavaria. Lithograph by F. Lacroix, 1828, after C. Heinzmann after J.-B. Métivier.

Sacred Spring, Zuñi, New Mexico. Coloured lithograph.

Spa, Belgium: monks and visitors at the fountains of Sauveniere and Groisbeeck. Engraving by M.B. Wachsmuth after A. Le Loup, 1762.

Figures gathered at the central spring, Epetan, Java. Coloured aquatint by T. Fielding, 1817.

Spa, Belgium: people making their way towards the principal mineral fountain (pouhon). Etching after A. Le Loup, 1762.

Three scenes relating to hydrotherapy and one concerning the production of silk. Pen drawing by J. Gülick.

Car Dale Springs, Harrogate, Yorkshire. Wood engraving by Smyth after B.F.

Spa, Belgium: fountain of Watroz. Etching by H.J. Godin after A. Le Loup.

De admirandis Hungariae aquis hypomnemation / Georgio Wernhero autore.

Des eaux thermales de Bains-en-Vosges : et leur usage dans les maladies chroniques.

Franzensbad Franzens-Quelle : alkalischer, glaubersalziger eisensäurling / Franzensbader Mineralwasser-Versendung.

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Springs

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Images referencing Springs

Works from the collections

The interior of the thermal baths, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Coloured aquatint by H. L'Evêque, 1814.

De admirandis Hungariae aquis hypomnemation / Georgio Wernhero autore.

Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

Des eaux thermales de Bains-en-Vosges : et leur usage dans les maladies chroniques.

Franzensbad Franzens-Quelle : alkalischer, glaubersalziger eisensäurling / Franzensbader Mineralwasser-Versendung.

Springs

Images from the collections

Images referencing Springs

Works from the collections

The interior of the thermal baths, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Coloured aquatint by H. L'Evêque, 1814.

De admirandis Hungariae aquis hypomnemation / Georgio Wernhero autore.

Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

Des eaux thermales de Bains-en-Vosges : et leur usage dans les maladies chroniques.

Franzensbad Franzens-Quelle : alkalischer, glaubersalziger eisensäurling / Franzensbader Mineralwasser-Versendung.

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