Sujet

Cordingly's Floating Bath, 1850. Creator: Hare.

Légende

Cordingly's Floating Bath, 1850. 'A simple and ingenious novelty...for the convenience and comfort of those who may wish to enjoy a private bath in mid-day, on the Serpentine, or elsewhere...The bathing-place is situate at the stern, and is about four feet six inches wide, by six feet long, and from two feet six inches to five feet deep; the depth being regulated by the man, who, by working the windlass, can hoist or lower the bottom of the bath with great facility...the whole being enclosed with curtains. We understand it to be the invention of a working shipwright...We think such a convenience would be a delightful adjunct to many parks and pleasure-grounds, with a river or lake'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_345

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

45,4Mo (3,0Mo) / 42,0cm x 27,1cm / 4960 x 3196 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river leisure water unusual boat boats swimming bathing lake science British geography color funny curtain curtains winding Victorian century Britain privacy private newspapers press HANDLE bather bathers concept modesty pastime invention B&W engraved engraving contraption Colour 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector crank handle geographical feature Illustrated London News ILN newspaper Hare soft furnishing 19th-century