Buildings equipped with swimming pools and other facilities for bathing and swimming, traditionally the primary hygienic facility in a city or town

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Baths, Southernhay, Exeter. Engraving by J.F. Lambert, 1830, after W.H. Bartlett.

Hydrotherapy: eight vignettes of different cures at Gräfenberg, Germany. Lithograph, ca. 1860.

Baths and laundry in Marshall Street, Soho: elevation above and plans below. Wood engraving, 1861.

Hamburg's floating baths: plans and elevations, and detail of filter machine. Line engraving by Mutlow.

Sulphur Baths, Uritzino, Japan: panoramic view. Coloured lithograph by Hanhart after C. Wirgman.

The baths and mineral springs, Ems, West Germany. Line engraving by J. Willis after W. Tombleson.

The Baths, Gravesend, Kent: public beach. Line engraving by H. Adlard, 1828, after G. Shepherd.

Moscow: people swimming and sunbathing at Cerebrensky public baths. Etching by M.G. Eichler, 1799, after G. de la Barthe, 1796.

Above Bar Street, Southampton, Hampshire. Coloured engraving by P. Brannon, 1846.

The Baths of Leuk, Leuk, Switzerland: interior. Lithograph by J. Jacottet after R. Ritz.

Baths Langen, Schwalbach, Wetzlar, Germany. Etching by T. Jones after W. Tombleson.

Water tank, Srīperumbūdur, India. Coloured aquatint by C. Gold, 1799, after himself.

Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.

M0006162: Model of a German bathing room in the middle ages / M0008673: Model of the steam baths of the Roman Emperor Diocletian in Rome, 295 A.D.

Women washing clothes in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Coloured line engraving, 1794.

Naxia Town, Greece: from the harbour. Line engraving by F. Decquevauvillier, 1782, after Choiseul-Gouffier.

Montecatini Terme, Italy. Etching by C. Zocchi after A. Terreni.

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Public baths

Images from the collections

Images about Public baths

Works from the collections

Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.

M0006162: Model of a German bathing room in the middle ages / M0008673: Model of the steam baths of the Roman Emperor Diocletian in Rome, 295 A.D.

Women washing clothes in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Coloured line engraving, 1794.

Naxia Town, Greece: from the harbour. Line engraving by F. Decquevauvillier, 1782, after Choiseul-Gouffier.

Montecatini Terme, Italy. Etching by C. Zocchi after A. Terreni.

Public baths

Images from the collections

Images about Public baths

Works from the collections

Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.

M0006162: Model of a German bathing room in the middle ages / M0008673: Model of the steam baths of the Roman Emperor Diocletian in Rome, 295 A.D.

Women washing clothes in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Coloured line engraving, 1794.

Naxia Town, Greece: from the harbour. Line engraving by F. Decquevauvillier, 1782, after Choiseul-Gouffier.

Montecatini Terme, Italy. Etching by C. Zocchi after A. Terreni.

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