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Springs

Images

  • 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: Franciscan monks 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: figures making their way towards the Pouhon mineral fountain. Etching, 1762.
  • Three scenes relating to hydrotherapy and one concerning the production of silk. Pen drawing by J. Gülick.
  • Spa, Belgium: fountain of Watroz. Etching by H. Godin.
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Catalogue

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    De admirandis Hungariae aquis hypomnemation / Georgio Wernhero autore.

    Werner, Georg, -1567. | Date: Anno Domini 1551 mense Septembri
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    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.

    Boilard, active approximately 1720. | Reference: 20262i
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    Des eaux thermales de Bains-en-Vosges : et leur usage dans les maladies chroniques.

    Bailly, Nicolas, 1817- | Date: 1852
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    Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire, Wales: panoramic view. Tinted lithograph.

    | Reference: 20346i
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    Recherches et observations sur les eaux thermales de Bagnols-les-Bains près mende (Département de la Lozère) / Par L. Chevalier.

    Chevalier, L. | Date: 1840
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