Unwillingly Bathing

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Line-crossing ceremony.

Artist

Name:: Courcy, Frédéric de
Dates:: 1832-1886
Country:: France

Illustration

Subjects:: Humor, Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Old Book Illustrations

Book

Title:: Aventures de Robert-Robert et de son fidèle compagnon Toussaint Lavenette
Author:: Desnoyer, Louis
Publisher:: Paris: Garnier Frères, n.d. (First published 1839)

Description:

Line crossing presided over by “Neptune” with a man being soaked and thrown into a large bucket filled with water.

The caption reads in the original French: Le baptême sous la ligne.

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