L' agrément d'une promenade sur les bords de la Seine pendant un dimanche de la canicule.

Item Information

Title:
L' agrément d'une promenade sur les bords de la Seine pendant un dimanche de la canicule.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. The pleasures of a walk along the banks of the Seine on a hot Sunday afternoon during dog days.
Description:
Two women are walking along the Seine during a heatwave while fat, naked men are bathing. "La canicule" or "Dog-Days" were the extremely hot and humid summer days one still encounters nowadays between July 3 and August 11 in Paris.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1858
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Swimming
France--History--1848-1870
Nudity
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 25.5 x 36 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3287
Terms of Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, September 3, 1858.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2876