La Seine est une rivière qui prend sa source dans le Département de la Côte d’Or, et va se perdre dans la Manche. Elle traverse Paris : les habitans de cette Cité, se dérobant aux feux de l’été viennent chercher la fraîcheur et la pureté de ses eaux.
La Seine est une rivière qui prend sa source dans le Département de la Côte d’Or, et va se perdre dans la Manche. Elle traverse Paris : les habitans de cette Cité, se dérobant aux feux de l’été viennent chercher la fraîcheur et la pureté de ses eaux.
Title (alt.):
The Seine is a river which rises in the province of Côte d’Or, and is lost in the channel. It crosses Paris : the inhabitants of the city, escaping the fires of summer come from the freshness and the purity of its waters.. Charivari
Description:
Many swimmers are having a bath in the Seine. his print is a satirical caricature attacking the problem of cleanliness in the river Seine. At the left someone is eating while taking a bath, in the middle people are swimming, and on the right side someone is urinating. At the same time a dog is being washed while a suntanned worker, lacking the possibility to wash at home, is using a public soap. One should remember that in Paris in the 1840's 90% of the apartments had no running water.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, June 26, 1839.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
