At the four penny baths, from 'Summer sketches,' published in Le Charivari, August 12, 1865

Q: When was "At the four penny baths, from 'Summer sketches,' published in Le Charivari, August 12," created?

This artwork was created August 12, 1865.

Q: Is "At the four penny baths, from 'Summer sketches,' published in Le Charivari, August 12," in the public domain?

Yes, At the four penny baths, from 'Summer sketches,' published in Le Charivari, August 12, is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

August 12, 1865

Medium

Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)

Dimensions

Image: 9 7/16 × 8 3/4 in. (23.9 × 22.3 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 11 13/16 in. (29.5 × 30 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953

Accession Number

53.622.28

Tags

MenWomenBathing

Art Historical Context

In the bustling pages of *Le Charivari*, a satirical French newspaper, Honoré Daumier captured everyday absurdities of 19th Parisian life with his sharp lithographic wit. Published on August 12, 1865, as part of the "Summer Sketches" series, *At the Four Penny Baths* depicts a crowded scene at affordable public baths—known as "bains quatre sous"—where working-class men and women splash about in cramped, steamy quarters. Daumier, a master caricatur often collaborating with printers like Aaron Martinet and Destouches, used this second-state lithograph on newsprint to poke fun at social norms, hy...

At the four penny baths, from 'Summer sketches,' published in Le Charivari, August 12, 1865

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