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The Baptism of Achilles
Honoré Daumier1842
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This print was published in <em>Le Charivari </em>(August 28, 1842) as plate 22 from the series <em>Ancient History.</em>
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- Title: The Baptism of Achilles
- Creator: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
- Date Created: 1842
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 33.6 x 25.5 cm (13 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.); Image: 20.3 x 19.7 cm (8 x 7 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: Old Print Gallery, Pittsburgh, John Bonebrake, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.587
- Medium: lithograph
- State of work: IV/IV
- Series: Ancient History
- Inscriptions: Above image, printed: HISTORIE ANCIENNE. / 22 ; Below image, printed: LE BAPTÊME D'ACHILLE. / Comme on trempe une arme de guerre, / Thétis de son moutard voulant faire un héros, / Le trempa dans le Styx dès qu'il vit la lumière; / Ce qui prouve qu'un bain est bon à tout propos. / (De l'influence des bains, Pöeme par Mr. Vigier)., Lower margin, printed: Chez Bauger, R. du Croissant 16. / Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.
- Department: Prints
- Culture: America, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of John Bonebrake
- Collection: PR - Lithograph
- Accession Number: 2009.587
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