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- Artist
- Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879) - Title
- The Ladies' Bath. Yes, my dear, it is just the way I have the honour of telling you. I was pregnant with him for eleven months and people thought I was dropsical. Would you believe that this is already six years ago? He takes after his father, drum-major of the 6th legion. sings the Marseillaise by heart and has a drink in the morning like a real fire-fighter. Oh, my little darling, come here and give your mother a kiss! (Bains de femmes. Oui Madame, c'est comme j'ai l'honneur de vous le dire, je l'ai porté onze mois, qu'on croyait que j'étais hydropique; Dirait-on que ça n'a que six ans, il tient de son père, Tambour major de la 6ème Légion, chantant la Marseillaise par cœur et buvant la goutte le matin comme un petit pompier. Oh! n'amour, baisez vot'mère tout de suite.), number 20 from the series The Bathers (Les Baigneurs)
- Date
- 1841
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- 8 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. Image
- Credit
- Gift of Helen Wurdemann
- Accession No.
- 1977.325
- Classification
- Prints
- Geography
- France
Related
To 1977, collection of Helen Wurdemann [married name Guzzardi] (Los Angeles); December 1977, gifted to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]
- Delteil, Loys. "Le peintre-graveur illustré, vol. XX-XXIX." Paris, 1906-1926. no. 780
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