VICTORIAN TURKISH BATHS: pre-Victorian baths: Glowcock's bagnio: Thomas Rowlandson |

Glowcock's Bagnio:
Thomas Rowlandson cartoon, 1803

The notice to the right of the window (through which the madam keeps an eye on the proceedings) reads:

GLOWCOCK’S BAGNIO
COLD AND HOT BATHS
CUPPING SWEATING
and otherwise cleansing
The body performed here
Lodgings for Gentlemen

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Glowcock's Bagnio:Thomas Rowlandson cartoon, 1803