VICTORIAN TURKISH BATHS: Early photograph of a massage in a private Turkish bath |

Massage in a private Turkish bath, c.mid 1860s

< Ambrotype: Reproduced by courtesy of the V & A Picture Library V & A Picture Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Two men in the hot room of the Turkish bath in a private home, some time between the mid-1860s and early 1870s.

It has been suggested that the early photograph, an Ambrotype, was taken by Robert Crawshay in the private Turkish bath at the home of his cousin, George Crawshay—but see article on the pictures for doubts about this attribution.

This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:

First photos of a Victorian Turkish bath?

Early problems and controversies. Part 8: shampooing and nakedness

Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline

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