Les Baigneurs: La Seine est une rivière qui prend sa source dans le Département de la Côte d’Or
Date1839
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1808–1879)
Illustration CitationLe Charivari, June 26, 1839
MediumSingle-color lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 8 7/8 × 10 5/8 in. (22.5 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-419
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Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe text translates to read:The source of the Seine is the Cote d'Or, and it empties into the Channel. On its way it traverses Paris where the inhabitants escape the summer’s heat and try to find freshness and purity in this river.
