Bathing Collection

Reids Palace Hotel advertisement
Reids Palace Hotel in Madeira, boasting happy sunny days, no rain, no dust...unequalled private sea-bathing, afternoon and evening open air dances, childrens seawater pool, 100 bathing cabins

Group of swimmers on Bognor beach, August 1920
Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office, Ref No: PH 25961/1

Plenty of good fish in the sea. Pen-and-ink drawing, by Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944)
GIBSON: BATHER, 1902. Plenty of good fish in the sea. Pen-and-ink drawing, by Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944)

Pears Advertisement, November 1922 (poster)
ILN12838 Pears Advertisement, November 1922 (poster); The Illustrated London News Picture Library, London, UK

Swimwear 1910
Auntie Maudie and Auntie Dolly in their rather O.T.T. stripy bathing costumes at Bognor Regis, Sussex, England! Date: 1910

Surfers on the beach, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. Probably June 1922
Two young men and three young ladies posed with surf boards on the beach at Perranporth. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

CHABAS: SEPTEMBER MORN. Oil on canvas by Paul Chabas, 20th century

WOMEN BATHING / 1906
Two female bathers are watched by a group of men. Date: 1906

Calvi Beach, Corsica
Sumptuous and colourful beach scene advertising the Corsican resort of Calvi, showing a 1920s lady in her bathing suit against beach and town

Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland
Portobello - a coastal suburb of Edinburgh. Formerly a beach resort, it is located three miles to the east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth Date: 1937

French Bathroom 1906
A chambermaid helps her mistress take a shower in this elaborate bathroom containing bath, shower, bidet and loo, as well as the geyser to supply the hot water

Gabrielle d Estrees and one of her sisters, duchesse de Villars. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

Bathing Machines, Worthing
Bathing machines, beach and pier, Worthing. View looking east across the shingle beach towards the pier, c1893. Walter Gardiner Photography Collection PP/WSL/WGP001184

Poster advertising the Transvaal Castle cruise ship, sailing from England to South Africa with frequent connections from New York via the Cunard Line

Roman Baths, London
Ladies bathing in the Roman baths in the Strand, London, the remains of which exist today. circa 400

Morning Ride along the Beach, 1876, by Anton Mauve (1838-188
Anton Mauve (1838-1888). Dutch painter. Morning Ride along the Beach, 1876. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

The Sun Bathers, 1927 (oil on canvas)
474183 The Sun Bathers, 1927 (oil on canvas) by Tuke, Henry Scott (1858-1929); 91.4x122.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

The Bathing Pool. Creator: Hubert Robert
The Bathing Pool

Mirror above a Washstand, 1908. Artist: Pierre Bonnard
Mirror above a Washstand, 1908. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Bathing machine owner and swimming master, Essex
Pictured in front of his bathing machines on the beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, is Charlie Bates with some of his family and the horse which hauled the machines down to the waters edge and back

British troops bathing in the sea, Etaples, France, WW1
British troops having fun bathing in the sea at Etaples, northern France, during the First World War. Date: June 1917

Brown Bear Ursos arctos Katmai Alaska August

Bognor Regis / Huts 1905
Bognor Regis, Sussex: the West Beach

Bathing Beauty 1924
The last pose of summer: a slim woman in her swimsuit on a diving board, while others watch from a raft

Aberdeen / Beach 1920S?
Aberdeen: beach and bathing station

Steamer Point, Aden, Yemen - Bathing Pool at the Lido - Sappers Bay. Date: circa 1940s

Colourful beach huts on Dendy Street Beach, Brighton, City of Bayside, Victoria, Australia

Plymouth Tinside Lido, c. 1935
Crowds are gathered on the steps of the Lido to take part in swimming, bathing and diving. The Lido opened in 1935 and was built to a classic art deco style

Quarreling and scuffling in a womens bathhouse, Japan. Artist: Yoshiiku
Quarreling and scuffling in a womens bathhouse, Japan

Sea Bathing Pool (Lido) at Southport, Lancashire, England. Date: 1943

A view of Eden Roc on the French Riviera
A view of the fashionable French Riviera destination, Eden Roc, where a bathing and sunbathing complex was fashioned out of the rocky coastal outcrop

St-Leonards-on-Sea
Bathing machines shelter shy holidaymakers from prying eyes at St-Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, circa 1895. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

EDGAR DEGAS: THE TUB, 1886. Pastel on paper

RENOIR: SEATED BATHER, 1885. Pierre Auguste Renoir: Seated Bather. Canvas, 1885

Ending in Smoke by Heath Robinson
An ingenious smoke screen spreader for preventing embarrassing situations when the bathroom lock is out of order

Cleethorpes Sea Front
The crowded sea front at Cleethorpes. People sunbathe in deckchairs and paddle in the sea

Natural swimming pool and beach near El Cotillo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

Art Deco Bathroom 1930
An elegant art deco bathroom

Bathing Belle on Pier
A flirtatious young woman in a two-piece bathing costume of side lacing shorts & striped tunic adjusts her black stockings. N.B espadrilles with ribbon lacing

Roman Bath, London
Roman bath discovered in 1800 in Strand Lane, London

Arcadia and Ladies Bathing Place, Portrush - Elevated view with Arcadia Caf頯 n the right, a lot of people and the photographer in the foreground

Advertisement for Vinolia Soap - Mother! Mother!! Fidos eaten my soap!!! early 20th century

Picture No. 11675656
Dog Teddy Bear dog wrapped in a towel wearing a shower cap. Digital Manipulation Date:

Bathers in front of big hotels on Playa Levante, Benidorm, Costa Blanca, Spain beach

New Pavilion Saltair and bathers, Salt Lake City, USA
The New Pavilion Saltair (built in 1926) and bathers on Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Nee Margarita Cansino. American cinema actress and dancer
RITA HAYWORTH (1918-1987). Nee Margarita Cansino. American cinema actress and dancer

Pen-and-ink drawing by Charles Dana Gibson
SWIMSUITS, 1900. Pen-and-ink drawing by Charles Dana Gibson

Beach scene, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Scene of holidaymakers on the Albion Beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. A long line of bathing machines on wheels can be seen in the background, waiting to be hauled by a horse to the waters edge

Princess Elizabeth at the Bath Club
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) pictured in a swimming costume at the Bath Club. Date: c.1938

The Modern Girl by Wilton Williams
A series of sketches by Wilton Williams, subtitled Full dress and bathing dress (other artists show undress, and underwear in this series of three) showing the modern girl of 1925

The Bystander masthead by Laurie Taylor, 1930
An athletic woman in a swimsuit and bathing cap, sprints along a beach accompanied by two elegant greyhounds, the canine icon of the art deco period

Sun Bathers
Two sunbathers set in Cap d Antibes, South of France

Walton on Naze / Essex
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex: bathing huts at South Cliff

Larkswood Lido
Two glamorous girls in bathing costumes and high heels surveying the scene at Larkswood open air swimming pool, Chingford, Essex

Indian Summer
A group of bathing ladies enjoy the good weather

Sea Otter - grooming. (Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma, WA) B2A4593
TOM-1425 Sea Otter - grooming

Japanese Macaque Monkey / Snow Monkey Relaxing amidst the steam of a hot spring Japan
WAT-8290 Japanese Macaque / Snow Monkeys Relaxing amidst the steam of a hot spring, Japan Macaca fuscata M

Blue Lagoon (mineral baths), near Keflavik, Iceland, Polar Regions

Eve Before The Fall. By A. E. Bestall
A scene beside a waterfall of four girls in their bathing costumes. The girls are watching the waterfall, prehaps resting after swimming

Bathing / In Bathroom / 1926
A woman drying herself in front of the bathroom mirror

Bathing, (oil on canvas)
989873 Bathing, (oil on canvas) by Irolli, Vicenzo (1860-1945); 137.8x105.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bathing. Vincenzo Irolli (1860-1942). Oil on canvas

Bathing Pool & South Bay, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - Hotels and the Beach Date: circa 1910s

Bateman, The Man Who Bathed
The Man Who Bathed from the Steps of the Royal Yacht Squadron

Spotts Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

The Plane - and the Beautiful by Albert Bailey
A group of young women, attired in elegant swimwear, wave to an aeroplane flying up ahead. Date: 1927

Saved by a female Bather
A gentleman bather who has found himself in trouble, is rescued by two extremely glamorous lady bathers

Italy - Sorrento - The Hotel Vittoria Date: circa 1910

Maer Beach with Bathing Huts, Bude, Cornwall

The Faithful Heart by George Studdy
A little dog with mournful eyes, obviously alarmed at his owners sea bathing antics, paddles as far as he can into the water holding her dress

Mossel Bay poster
Travel poster for Mossel Bay in South Africa, advertising safe bathing, excellent golf, unsurpassed fishing

Cromer Beach 1930S
Rough seas on the coast of Norfolk at Cromer, England, with its bathing huts on the beach and pier in the background

Southport Bathing Lake
The bathing lake at Southport, Lancashire

Sadhus at a royal bath (Sahi Snan) during Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Bathing Belle Parade
Three disgruntled beauty queens look particularly annoyed at a sassy woman in a red bikini holds a placard boasting that she can cook too!

African Elephant - Herd at water
CRH-121 African Elephant - Herd at water Sunset, Botswana, Africa Loxodonta africana Chris Harvey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

The Crossword Craze / 1920
A dashing couple display the growing crossword craze with their checked attire and similarly squared-off small dog!

Woman Washing / Basin 1927
An attractive woman wearing a patterned dressing gown washes in a basin

The Bystander Cover 1929
Striking cover of The Bystander featuring a leggy, athletic woman clad in bathing costume and cap dancing around in the surf with a beach ball

Canoeist about to Canoe
Girl in her one-piece swimming costume & bathing cap with checker board trim going off for a paddle

Bathing Machines / 1883
A vast assortment of bathing machines

Three German Sunlovers
One-piece bathing costumes for men & women. His is striped, the ladys ones have V -necks & short legs. The lady in the sleeveless costume wears bathing shoes or espadrilles

Bathing a Dog
A lucky dog getting a shower in a roll-top bath!

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"Bathing: A Timeless Pleasure Unveiled" Indulge in the epitome of luxury and relaxation at Reids Palace Hotel. As the sun sets over Surfers on the beach in Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, immerse yourself in a world where time stands still. The year is 1922, and you find solace by deceiving the invader as to the state of the tide. In Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, discover a haven where tranquility meets elegance. Let your worries melt away as you step into a French Bathroom from 1906 - an opulent sanctuary that transports you to another era. Immerse yourself in artistry with CHABAS: SEPTEMBER MORN. Oil on canvas by Paul Chabas from the 20th century. Feel captivated by its ethereal beauty as it captures women bathing amidst nature's embrace. Travel back further in time to witness The Bathing Pool created by Hubert Robert. Lose yourself in this idyllic scene where serenity reigns supreme. Experience pure bliss at Southport's Sea Bathing Pool (Lido) in Lancashire, England. Dive into crystal-clear waters that beckon for rejuvenation and renewal. Relive history with Bathing Machines at Worthing - an ode to Victorian-era sophistication and modesty while enjoying seaside pleasures. Embark on an unforgettable journey aboard Transvaal Castle cruise ship with its poster advertising promises of exotic destinations and unparalleled adventures on vast oceans. Finally, be enchanted by timeless beauty embodied by a Bathing Beauty from 1924 - an icon of grace and allure that transcends eras. Bathing is not merely about cleansing; it is about embracing moments of sheer indulgence for mind, body, and soul. Whether seeking respite or adventure through various epochs or destinations worldwide – let bathing become your gateway to ultimate blissful escape.