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The Bath
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The Bath

anonymous · 1774 · photochemical processes; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Servant brings a letter and a cup of chocolate to her mistress in the bathroom. She wears a striped gown, which is lifted at the back. Over the bodice and skirt a pinafore is pinned. Around the neck and shoulders a fichu. Accessories: cap, cord around the neck, shoes with buckles. The woman in the bath is wrapped in a wide robe, on her head a cap. Next to the bath heeled slippers. The print is an accurate reproduction or facsimile of number 2 from the Suite d'estampes pour servir à l'histoire des moeurs et du costume Français dans le 18e Siecle, drawn by Sigismond Freudeberg, 1774.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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kostuumprentprinttaking a bathchocolate, cocoafashion plates
Credit lineLe Bain. 1774. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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