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  • A man visiting a health resort is being sprayed with water coming from a stool on which he is trying to sit. Etching, 1869.
  • A man visiting a health resort is being sprayed with water; man seated on a stool in the background. Etching, May 1869.
  • A man visiting a health resort is seated in a cubicle and is being sprayed with water coming from the walls. Etching, May 1869.
  • A man visiting a health resort with his limbs immobilized is watching a wasp flying near him; bath tub in the background. Etching, 1869.
  • A man visiting a health resort is being sprayed with water; man seated on a stool in the background. Etching, May 1869.
  • A man visiting a health resort is seated in a bath tub and being sprayed with water; in the background, a man is looking at the scene behind a curtain. Etching, May 1870.
  • A man visiting a health resort is being woken up by a man who is opening a window; bath tub in the foreground, snow outside. Etching, May 1870.
  • A man visiting a health resort is seated in a bath tub and being sprayed with water; in the background, a man is looking at the scene behind a curtain. Etching, May 1870.
  • Medical reports, on the effects of water, cold and warm, as a remedy in fever, and febrile diseases whether applied to the surface of the body or used as a drink, with observations on the nature of fever; and on the effects of opium, alcohol, and inanition / [James Currie].
  • A man visiting a health resort is covered with a sheet and lying on a wooden daybed, two men covered with sheets are standing before him; in the background a man with a sheet on his shoulders is filling up a glass with water. Etching, May 1870.
  • A man visiting a health resort is being sprayed with water coming from a stool on which he is trying to sit. Etching, 1869.
  • A man visiting a health resort is bound and transported on a day bed by two men; bath tub in the background. Etching, May 1869.
  • A man on the staff of a health resort is pouring water in a bath tub in which a man covered with a sheet is seated. Etching, May 1870.
  • A man visiting a health resort is bound and transported on a day bed by two men; bath tub in the background. Etching, May 1869.
  • A man visiting a health resort is sitting in a steam box. Engraving, May 1869.
  • A man in a bath receiving gentle electrical currents as a form of therapy. Photograph after a wood engraving.
  • A man visiting a health resort is seated in a cubicle and is being sprayed with water coming from the walls. Etching, May 1869.
  • A man in a bath receiving gentle electrical currents as a form of therapy. Photograph after a wood engraving.
  • A man visiting a health resort is being woken up by a man who is opening a window; bath tub in the foreground, snow outside. Etching, May 1870.
  • A man on the staff of a health resort is pouring water in a bath tub in which a man covered with a sheet is seated. Etching, May 1870.
  • The King's bath, a therapeutic steam bath with a gothic structure in the centre and surrounded by other buildings. Reproduction of a pen drawing after J. Fayram.
  • Two sets of apparatus demonstrating Captain Jekyll's patent vapour bath. Line engraving by J. Jekyll.
  • Mr. Lambkin trying to find a new cure for his illness; riding a horse in wet clothes. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • An old man (Sardanapalus?) being bathed by young nude women - an attempt at rejuvenation. Process print after C. de la Passe, the elder, 1600, after M. de Vos.
  • The story of baths and bathing / [George Ryley Scott].
  • The story of baths and bathing / [George Ryley Scott].
  • The story of baths and bathing / [George Ryley Scott].
  • The story of baths and bathing / [George Ryley Scott].
  • Water-fountains, the Black Forest, and a red sunset, representing the health resort Wildbad im Schwarzwald (Baden-Württemberg). Colour lithograph after A. Fischinger, 192-.
  • Waterfall, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Line engraving.