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- Artist
- Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879) - Title
- The Bathing Cars. - Say, Jerome . . .did you see these travelers yesterday who complained about our cars under the pretext that the rain inconvenienced them? - For only 7 Francs they traveled to Orléans, including a four hour bath . . . there are people who are never content! Next they will want us to serve them an almond-paté as part of the bargain . . . and then they don't even give a sou to the boy who cleans the bath tub. (Les wagons-baignoires. -Dis donc, Jérôme . . . as-tu vu ces voyageurs d'hier qui se plaignaient de nos wagons sous prétexte que la pluie les incommodait! . . . -Pour sept francs ils ont été à Orléans et ils ont pris un bain de quatre heures . . . il y a des gens qui ne sont jamais contens . . . faudrait encore peut-être leur fournir de la pâte d'amande par dessus le marché . . . et ils ne donnent pas un sou au garçon qui vide chaque jour la baignoire . . . ), number 10 from the series The Railroad (Les Chemins de fer)
- Date
- 1843
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- 8 7/16 x 10 1/4 in. Image
- Credit
- Gift of Helen Wurdemann
- Accession No.
- 1977.372
- 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. 1052
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