London: Jermyn Street (76): The Hammam:
two views of the hararah (the first hot room)
looking north towards Jermyn Street
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Old and new London Vol.4 (Cassell, 1878)
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Illustrated London News (26 Jul 1862)
The image on the left is from
the fourth volume of Edward Walford's Old and new London
published in 1878. It is clearly a crude re-working of a mirror image of the one
published in the Illustrated London News in July 1862, which was based
an original by one of George Somers Clarke's architects.
Clearly Walford's artist has never seen the baths and has interpreted the alcove on the left as a pool, complete with a reflection of the men's feet.
This page first published 01 January 2023
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Sexual activities in the Jermyn Street Hammam. 3: A case study in queer history
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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