“It's important for a man to know how to swim. He is not doing so badly for a start. You could think it's a fish, at least while he is attached to the cord. But he'll learn it… he is still young!,” plate 5 from Les Baigneurs by Honoré-Victorin Daumier, print, 1839

“It's important for a man to know how to swim. He is not doing so badly for a start. You could think it's a fish, at least while he is attached to the cord. But he'll learn it… he is still young!,” plate 5 from Les Baigneurs

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Year
1839
Medium
Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
Dimensions
Image: 20.2 × 27.4 cm (8 × 10 13/16 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 36.2 cm (9 3/4 × 14 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Print
Culture
France

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