Victorian Turkish Baths Picture of the Month for January 2014
Punch caricature by Bert Thomas, 20 Oct 1909
A caricature indicating that the Turkish Baths sandwich-board man was a well-known recognisable character in London from the early 1900s onwards. Another example can be found here.
This item is from the collection of the Victorian Turkish Baths Project
Timothy Stunt, Gary Simons and Martina Fuseli, all members of Patrick Leary's wonderful
mailing list VICTORIA 19th-Century British Culture & Society, for help in identifying the artist.
Helen Walasek, Punch Ltd, for further interesting information.
This page also enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:
Caricatures and cartoons: 2. The Turkish bath in general
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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