Les TRAINS DE PLAISIR - Quand après dix assauts infructueux on arrive enfin à conquérir une place dans un wagon on éprouve un premier et bien vif plaisir.
Les TRAINS DE PLAISIR - Quand après dix assauts infructueux on arrive enfin à conquérir une place dans un wagon on éprouve un premier et bien vif plaisir.
Title (alt.):
PLEASURE TRAINS. - When after ten unsuccessful attempts one finally gains a place in the car one experiences an initial and very great joy.. Charivari
Description:
A crowd of people are struggling against each other to get on a train. CROQUIS, - par Daumier (Sketches by Daumier) is a series of 4 prints which appeared in the CHARIVARI between August 6, 1864 and June 6, 1866. In the summertime the railways offered special trips from Paris to the sea to places like Rouen and Le Havre. Departure in Paris was every Saturday at 6:25 p.m., arrival in Le Havre at 11:30 p.m. Passengers from Rouen could join the train on the way. The return trip was on Sunday at 6:25 p.m. and arrival in Paris was at 11:50 p.m. The price for this trip was in 1st class 28 francs and in 2nd class 22 francs. Tickets were delivered free of charge at the residence of the passengers. The 3rd class carriages had petrol lamps, while candles and lanterns were rented out to passengers.
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, August 6, 1864.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
