Shower Collection

French Bathroom 1906
A chambermaid helps her mistress take a shower in this elaborate bathroom containing bath, shower, bidet and loo, as well as the geyser to supply the hot water

Another Wash-out by W. Heath Robinson
Training at home for the cross Channel swim with a man swimming suspended from a window with watering cans. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger

The Plumber

Bathing a Dog
A lucky dog getting a shower in a roll-top bath!

Advert, Doultons improved hooded baths, London, Paisley and Paris. circa 1890

Art Deco Bathroom
An Art Deco style bathroom suite, with a shower fitting over the bath and plastic shower curtain

Landlady discovers the lodger in the bath
The Lodger was in the bath. A landlady receives a nasty surprise as she comes across the lodger taking a bath

Purging cassia or golden shower tree, Cassia fistula. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London

Teddy Bear (with hidden objects)

Elephant Washing Aldin
An elephant washing itself with water from a bucket

Contrasting Bathroom

Boy scouts sharing a shower at camp, British Honduras
Three boy scouts sharing a shower at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

WW2, The Shower Bath
An illustration of a baby having a shower early in the morning, used to promote the idea that getting up early and keeping good hygiene can help to achieve victory in the war. Date: circa 1940s

Meteor shower orbit prediction
The Leonids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Temple??Tuttle, which are also known for their spectacular meteor storms that occur about every 33 years

A young English lad takes shelter in a barrel from the rain
A young English lad takes shelter in a barrel from the pouring rain - Somewhere in England'. Date: circa 1930s

DANAE (VAN DYCK)
Warned that his daughter's son would be the death of him, Acrisius king of Argos locks her in a tower : but Zeus, disguised as a shower of gold, fathers Perseus on her

A woman taking a shower and having tea. Date: 1887

World War II B-29 Superfortress bombers, Yokohama
Vintage World War II photograph - incendiary bombs shower from B-29 Superfortress aircraft over the Japanese city of Yokohama

Golden shower orchid, Gomesa concolor (Oncidium concolor). Chromolithograph by P. Stroobant from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1883

Gold shower or glaucous-leaved galphimia, Galphimia glauca. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Advert, William Stevenson & Co, Glasgow
Advert for William Stevenson & Co, bathroom fittings, Brown Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Religious verse 1889
Religious verse, For the sunshine and the rain, for the dew and for the shower, for the yellow ripened grain, and the golden harvest hour, we bless thee O our God. by Mrs Crewson. 1889

A Spring Shower in London 1866
A scene in Bank, London, where victorian people are trying to get out of the rain. Date: April 1866

Blast Furnace Breakdown Date: 1948

Elegant Ladies in Shower
Two elegant Parisiennes are caught in a shower : let us hope that their robes dapres- midi by Doeuillet are not irrecoverably ruined ! Date: 1913

WOMAN WASHING / 1930S
A woman washing in a basin. Date: circa 1930

SHOWER BATH / ACKERMANN
A stylish young gent barges in on someone partaking of a shower bath and a young lady who is undressing - no doubt he wants to know why women always take so long! Date: 1813

THE FIRES OF HELL
Virgil shows Dante that though Hell is hot enough already, flames are descending in a perpetual shower to make the damned more uncomfortable than ever

METEORITE /
A meteor shower seen from a balloon over Northern France by Wilfred de Fonvielle Date: November 1867

Wet day in Piccadilly, Central London
A wet day in Piccadilly, Central London, with pedestrians and a hansom cab. Date: 1886

A steelworker makes a shower of sparks in his workshop
A steelworker sends a shower of sparks flying as he uses an angle grinder to finish a metal structure in his workshop in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Date: 2004

Craftsman puts finishing touches to replica suit of armour
Sparks fly as a skilled craftsman puts the finishing touches to a replica suit of armour with conquistador-style morion in his workshop in Birmingham, England Date: 1992

The Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France - a (rather apprehensive!) woman contemplates the approach of the Douche a Vapeaur ready to apply a jet of hot steam water to her person... Date: circa 1920s

Vichy, France - Thermal Baths - Water Massage. The male attendant in the foreground appears to be checking his patients pulse - one hopes the water jets did not have an adverse effect

Taking a shower in a fine marble bathtub Date: 1900s

Young model in a bath
A young model posing in a bathroom. Date: circa 1970s

Circular Shower at The Thermal Baths, Aix-les-bains, France
A partially-clad young lady enjoys the all-round cleaning ability of the Circular Shower at The Thermal Baths, Aix-les-bains, a thermal spa town on Lake Bourget, Savoy, France. Date: circa 1910s

Comic postcard -- boy and sleeping tramp
Comic postcard -- a boy urinating on a sleeping tramp through a fence. Date: circa 1900s

Comic German postcard -- Its raining! Date: circa 1900s

The Hot Stream at the Shibaseki Hot Spring, Beppu, Japan
The Hot Stream at the Shibaseki Hot Spring (Onsen), Beppu, Oita, Japan. The volume of water discharged at Beppu is second only to that of the Yellowstone National Park

A marine serving with Mortar Platoon, 40 Commando Royal Mari
Digital photograph: A marine serving with Mortar Platoon, 40 Commando Royal Marine attached to the Black Watch Battle Group at Camp Dogwood takes an opportunity to have a field shower during a fire

Smart Bathroom 1913
A state-of-the-art bathroom, fully tiled, with lavatory, bath, shower head, bidet and wash basin. Date: 1913

Advert for Morrison, Ingram & Son bath and lavatories 1888
Advertisement in a trade book for 1888, specialities of the manufactures of patent steamless and noiseless baths and lavatories, patent spray, cascade, trinal and other closets

Granpop does a bit of plumbing by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood depicting his orang utan character, Gran pop embarking on a bit of plumbing by trying to fashion a shower (perhaps)

Hydrotherapy treatment at French mental hospital
Water treatment at Asile d Alienes (lunatic asylum) of Sainte-Anne, Paris. Date: 1868

Large man taking a shower, Florida, USA
Large man taking a shower on a beach in Florida, USA. 1970

Jan Mabuse (1478-1532). Flemish painter. Danae. 1527. Style: Northern Renaissance. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Fairies of the Garden - A Summer Shower. 1903

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