Une visite aux bains. La queue à la porte des cabinets - Ou le bain de vapeur avant le bain froid.
Title (alt.):
A visit to the baths. Queing in front of the changing rooms - or the steam bath before the cold bath.. Charivari
Description:
A long line has formed to the dressing room and the vapor rooms. During the summer months, many flocked to the spas to get relief from the heat. "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.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, June 30, 1858.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.