Grand train de plaisir. Parisiens courant au devant du Mascaret-Babinet.

Item Information

Title:
Grand train de plaisir. Parisiens courant au devant du Mascaret-Babinet.
Title (alt.):
Great excursion train. Parisians before the current of Babinet's tidal bore.. Charivari
Description:
Parisians are getting on the train so that they might be able to see the tidal bore (a type of tidal wave that occurs in rivers) described by the scientist Babinet. This print refers to special trains allowing Parisians to watch the phenomenon of the tide at Quilleboeuf described by the scientist Babinet. BABINET, Jacques (1794 – 1872) was a polytechnician, professor of mathematics and astronomer at the Bureau des Longitudes. He was also an associate at the „Journal des Débats“ and at the „Revue des Deux Mondes“.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1864
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Trains (vehicle groupings)
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 29.5 x 29.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3729
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:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, September 21, 1864.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD3302