a royal bathing machine

Queen Victoria's restored bathing machine stands on the shore at Osborne House, the summer residence of Victoria and Albert and their family.

from Queen Victoria's journal, July 30th 1847:

"went into the bathing machine where I undressed and went into the sea....... I thought it delightful till I put my head under water when I thought I should be stifled."

(Thank you for the response to my photos from Isle of Wight yesterday which has made me feel it would be a shame to consign the rest to a file where I'll probably not look at them again. So this is the first of a few more, in particular taken at Osborne House.)

[Graham Thresher]

Super capture.

[wendy frost]

Well captured. It does look in a great condition.

[Kane Arlow]

A portable bathing machine? How clever and luxurious it must have been at the time.

[Jenfurj]

What a wonderful glimpse of history.

[Hazel]

@karlow75

Royals always like to live in luxury!

[Babs]

A very grand bathing machine and so well restored.

[Merrelyn]

How wonderful to have this lovely "machine" on display. I was so intrigued that I had to Google it to find out more about it.

[Anne]

Lovely shot of a historic machine

[Hazel]

@merrelyn

The only disappointment was that the interior was not open!

[Nicole]

Wow that is cool to see!

[Penelope Ann]

This is a real piece of history

[Kas]

Lovely compostion and pov.

[Julienne Jones]

Ha! Wonderful machine!

[Peter]

Lovely capture Hazel how times have change:)

[Lori Jane]

Great photo! Who would have thought royalty needed a "machine" for a swim in the sea.

[sally agnew]

Love it, thank you for sharing :)

[Denise Wood]

Amazing capture :)

[Richard Hickey]

Fantastic picture.