Well, father Coquardeau, this one is really nice and fresh. - Gosh! I should think so too.

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Image Not Available for Well, father Coquardeau, this one is really nice and fresh. - Gosh! I should think so too.
Well, father Coquardeau, this one is really nice and fresh. - Gosh! I should think so too.
Image Not Available for Well, father Coquardeau, this one is really nice and fresh. - Gosh! I should think so too.

Well, father Coquardeau, this one is really nice and fresh. - Gosh! I should think so too.

PortfolioPlate 15 from the series "Les Baigneurs"
Date1840
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 264 × 344 mm. (10 3/8 × 13 9/16 in.)
Image: 197 × 252 mm. (7 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGiven in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object number1963.109.67
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for If the children have been really good, Papa takes them along to play in the public bathhouse. (Alexis or the error of a good father)
If the children have been really good, Papa takes them along to play in the public bathhouse. (Alexis or the error of a good father)
1840
Image Not Available for 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!
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!
1839
Image Not Available for A Nice Pun. - Do you have the six, General? - Just you wait , Baron I'll make you loose your pants, which would serve you right in this moment... hi, hi, hi
A Nice Pun. - Do you have the six, General? - Just you wait , Baron I'll make you loose your pants, which would serve you right in this moment... hi, hi, hi
1842
Image Not Available for Here is a good one! The guard who has a drink... should have told us, we would have paid you a drink, old warrior! The authority is refreshing himself…. hello Gugusse…. whose turn is it to fish the authority out of the water?
Here is a good one! The guard who has a drink... should have told us, we would have paid you a drink, old warrior! The authority is refreshing himself…. hello Gugusse…. whose turn is it to fish the authority out of the water?
1841
Image Not Available for Oh hello, how good to see you. - How is your wife? - Just fine. - I did not recognise you in the water… I took you for a lion! - Too kind of you. This is what everybody tells me.
Oh hello, how good to see you. - How is your wife? - Just fine. - I did not recognise you in the water… I took you for a lion! - Too kind of you. This is what everybody tells me.
1840
Image Not Available for Pardon me, Mayor.... would you please be so kind to tell me whether swimming is allowed here?
Pardon me, Mayor.... would you please be so kind to tell me whether swimming is allowed here?
1842
Image Not Available for 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 (national anthem) 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!
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 (national anthem) 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!
1841
Image Not Available for Word of honour Madame Frenouillet... it’s not that I want to flatter us, but watching the two of us swim one could take us for two fishes: a carp and an eel.
Word of honour Madame Frenouillet... it’s not that I want to flatter us, but watching the two of us swim one could take us for two fishes: a carp and an eel.
1841
Image Not Available for Say, papa Drouillet, with that spread do you swim like a dolphin? - Yes, but you seem especially well shaped to float like a board.
Say, papa Drouillet, with that spread do you swim like a dolphin? - Yes, but you seem especially well shaped to float like a board.
1840
Image Not Available for Come on, jump in, Father Goutot. It's warm like a washtub.
Come on, jump in, Father Goutot. It's warm like a washtub.
1839
Image Not Available for Our good ally the King of Egypt... / - and Syria, Monsieur, what about Syria! / - Yes, but the European status quo… - And don’t forget the four countries treaty…. / - France owes it to herself… / - Yes, but the European status quo… / - Oh, come on, you talk like a softie.
Our good ally the King of Egypt... / - and Syria, Monsieur, what about Syria! / - Yes, but the European status quo…
- And don’t forget the four countries treaty…. / - France owes it to herself… / - Yes, but the European status quo… / - Oh, come on, you talk like a softie.
1840
Image Not Available for Mutual Instruction. Come on in, old man.... the bladders aren't lanterns, they are supposed to swim in the water!
Mutual Instruction. Come on in, old man.... the bladders aren't lanterns, they are supposed to swim in the water!
1842