"A naked, bald, and grotesquely obese man stands on the tips of his toes about to plunge, or rather topple, into a bath, in which he admires, Narcissus-like, his own absurd reflection. He is poised on a platform projecting over the bath; behind him stands a comely young woman, watching in astonishment. A flesh-brush is beside her, another is on a seat on the opposite side of the bath, where a print of Narcissus is on the wall. An ugly old woman's head looks through a small rectangular aperture up m the wail; she is much amused at the scene. On the wall is a placard: 'Glowcocks Bagnio Cold and Hot Baths Cupping Sweating and otherwise cleansing the body performed here Lodgings for Gentlemen.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed with plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 6, 1803, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Narcissus (Greek mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Public baths, Obesity, Therapeutic baths, Bathing, Nudes, and Signs (Notices)
"A pretty girl with elaborately dressed hair, a pyramid of curls with long ringlets framing the face, sits in a slipper bath (like Marat's) which covers her to the base of her long neck. The bath is close to an open window giving on to a lake in a park. A big jardinière filled with flowering plants stands by the window (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Pl. 1., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from item. Translated title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from language of text., Below the image are six lines of verse., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
A son is born to the Shunammite woman and Childbirth
Description:
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's country of residence., Trimmed within plate mark., In margin lower left: 2., See Print00916, another impression., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Carel Collaert exc
Subject (Name):
Shunammite woman (Biblical figure).
Subject (Topic):
Childbirth, Postnatal care, Births, Midwives, Infants, Mothers, Bathing, Nursing, Midwifes, Eating & drinking, and Harvesting
A son is born to the Shunammite woman and Childbirth
Description:
Title from item., Alternate titles supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's country of residence., Sheet trimmed., In margin lower left: 2., See Print00917, another impression., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Adrian Collaert exc
Subject (Name):
Shunammite woman (Biblical figure).
Subject (Topic):
Childbirth, Postnatal care, Births, Midwives, Infants, Mothers, Bathing, Nursing, Midwifes, Eating & drinking, and Harvesting
"In the bath; men and women fully dressed and half immersed."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Seventh plate of twelve, designed to illustrate Christopher Anstey's The new Bath guide., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Republished in 1857 by Robert Walker. See no. 9321 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Name):
Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Hot springs, Gout, Health resorts, Hydrotherapy, Springs, and Bathing
Title etched below image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from language of text., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Aristocracy (Social class)., Pulse, Medical consultation, Bathing, Sick persons, Physicians, and History
Title from item., Translated title supplied by curator., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Hydrotherapy, Therapeutics, Healthcare facilities, and Bathing
Zacharias writes the name of his son John on a tablet
Description:
Title from item., Alternate title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication based on printmaker's place of residence., From: The Life of John the Baptist., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
John, the Baptist, Saint., Zacharias (Father of John the Baptist)., and Elizabeth (Mother of John the Baptist), Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Childbirth, Medicine in the Bible, Postnatal care, Mothers, Saints, Infants, Midwifes, Bathing, Writing, and Cooking
"Princess Caroline (left) sits in an ornate oval bath in a small boarded room. Bergami stands in the bath (right), draping himself in a towel from the waist down, and splashing water at his companion, who extends her arms towards him, with an encouraging smile. A man and woman, evidently Majocchi and Demont, peep from behind the door (right). On the bath is a Maltese cross (see British Museum Satires No. 13810), placed hatchment-wise between supporters, the Lion and Unicorn, who lie with closed and averted eyes. The Princess's feathered hat and the miniature of Bergami (cf. British Museum Satires No. 14103) hang on the wall (left). Beside her on a camp-stool are a bottle of 'Brandy' [see British Museum Satires No. 14175] and a decanter of 'Essence of Bergami'. His postilion's boots and cap are on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Four lines of verse below title: While she received the copious shower, he got a step in honor's path, and grew from that auspicious hour, a K-night Companion of the Bath.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Demont, Louisa, active 1814-1820, and Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Bathing, Bathtubs & showers, Disgrace, Coats of arms, Miniatures (Paintings), and Unicorns
