- Monsieur le baigneur..... c'est t'-y vrai qu'il ya des requins à Dieppe?.... - Parbleu....... mais c'est bien simple.... dès qu'on en voit venir un pour vous manger, suffit de s'mettre en travers et alors y n'vous mange pas parce quil a peur de s'étrangler!.....
- Monsieur le baigneur..... c'est t'-y vrai qu'il ya des requins à Dieppe?.... - Parbleu....... mais c'est bien simple.... dès qu'on en voit venir un pour vous manger, suffit de s'mettre en travers et alors y n'vous mange pas parce quil a peur de s'étrangler!.....
Title (alt.):
- Mr. Swimmer..... is it true there are sharks at Dieppe?.... - Of course....... but it is very simple.... as soon as you see one coming to eat you, all you have to do is lay down sideways and then he won't eat you for fear of choking!...... Charivari
Description:
A woman is scared of swimming with sharks. Her husband tells her that if a shark comes all she needs to do is put herself broadside and the shark will be too scared to eat her. AUX BAINS DE MER. (At the seaside resort) is a series of 7 prints, which appeared in the Charivari in June 1858 and between August and September 1859.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, June 8, 1858.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
