Turkish bath in a private house in Tripoli, Syria, in 1822
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(The author, 1828)
Plan of domestic baths in a private house (in 1822) in Tripoli, Syria (now the Lebanon).
In Fig.1, the sudatory (marked B) is 8ft 6in by 6ft 6in and has a dome ceiling pierced with very small windows admitting a feeble light.
This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:
David Urquhart & the birth of the Victorian Turkish bath
The Victorian Turkish Bath Movement. Part 2: Urquhart, Barter, and St Ann's
Performance in the raw. Part 2: Urquhart's performance
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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