Lvxrious bathing : a sketch / by Andrew W. Tuer, eight etchings by Tristram Ellis.
- Andrew White Tuer
- Date:
- 1880
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Lvxrious bathing : a sketch / by Andrew W. Tuer, eight etchings by Tristram Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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