'High Street & Front of Bathing Houses', 1820. Artist: John Shury.

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'High Street & Front of Bathing Houses', 1820. Bathers of the early years in Margate, entered bathing machines by stairs from the backs of the bathing houses situated precariously on timber piles on the cliff face. They were known as Hazardous Row due to the regular damage they suffered from storms. From Picture of Margate, and its Vicinity, by WC Oulton, Esq., author of the Traveller's Guide. Illustrated with a Map and Twenty Views, engraved by JJ Shury, from Drawings by Captain G Varlo, by WC Oulton. [Baldwin Craddock & Jay Paternoster, London, 1820]

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Size: 7440px × 4426px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Kent,Thanet, Isle of,Margate
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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