The First Swimming Lesson (La Première leçon de natation)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Honoré Daumier (Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France). The First Swimming Lesson (La Première leçon de natation), August 23, 1855. Lithograph on newsprint, 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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel, 1996.225.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Artist
Title
The First Swimming Lesson (La Première leçon de natation)
Date
August 23, 1855
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint
Classification
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)
Signatures
Lower left in stone: "h.D."
Inscriptions
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!..."
Credit Line
Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel
Accession Number
1996.225.3
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