The First Swimming Lesson (La Première leçon de natation)
August 23, 1855
Honoré Daumier
French, 1808-1879
European Art
- Maker/Artist
- Daumier, Honoré
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- Lithograph on newsprint
- Medium
- lithograph, newsprint
- Locations
- Place made: France
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (24.1 x 36.2 cm) Other: 17 9/16 x 9 13/16 in. (44.6 x 24.9 cm) Image: 17 5/16 x 19 9/16 in. (44 x 49.7 cm)
- Inscribed
- Lower right in stone: "813"; lower left below image: mon. Martinet, 116, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne."; lower right below image: "Lith. Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre-Paris."; lower center below image: "LA PREMIÈRE LEÇON DE NATATION. - Je veux bien apprendre à nager, mais pas dans l'eau, papa..... oh! pas dans l'eau!..."
- Departments
- European Art
- Accession Number
- 1996.225.3
- Credit Line
- Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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