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98 images from works
  • 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.
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Works from the collections

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

    | Date: 20 June 1820 | Reference: 22805i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    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.

    | Date: 11 April 1939 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/51/60
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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    Women washing clothes in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Coloured line engraving, 1794.

    Boydell, John, 1720-1804. | Date: 1794 | Reference: 16833i
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    Naxia Town, Greece: from the harbour. Line engraving by F. Decquevauvillier, 1782, after Choiseul-Gouffier.

    Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie-Gabriel-Auguste-Florent, comte de, 1752-1817. | Date: 1782 | Reference: 18403i
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    Montecatini Terme, Italy. Etching by C. Zocchi after A. Terreni.

    Terreni, Antonio, fl. 18th century. | Reference: 23966i
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Health resorts
Bathing customs
Rome
Baths, Hot
Hydrotherapy
Costume
Roman World
Social Class
Baths of Diocletian (Rome, Italy)
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