Caption
Man in swimming trunks asks mayor if he can swim, Excuse me, Mr. le Maire!, Bathing men, Les baigneurs, cartoon, Series number, 25, 30, printmaker: Honoré Daumier, printer (person): Aubert & Cie., Paris, publisher: Bauger, 1842, printer (person), paper, lithography, letterpress printing, lithography with letterpress text on verso, height 236 mm x width 362 mm, Print possibly from: Le Charivari, August 7, 1842., river, caricatures (human types), swimming (movement in water), A pencil or charcoal drawing of three standing figures at a shoreline with a small head and shoulders visible in the water nearby; a man facing away from the viewer wears striped knee-length undergarments and stands barefoot on the sand with one arm extended toward the water, a second man faces him wearing a tall top hat, spectacles, a dark coat over lighter clothing and holds a cloth at his waist with a stern expression, and a woman beside the second man wears a bonnet and a long dress and gestures with one hand near her chest; distant foliage and a small building appear on the horizon and pairs of shoes lie on the sand near the figures.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A90_197
License type
Rights managed
Available size
53.0Mb (6.6Mb) / 15.8in x 13.0in / 4746 x 3905 (300dpi)