At the Chalons Camp: –Papa, why do they make the soldiers go out in the rain? –My boy, it is in order for them to learn to be under fire! from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 19, 1869
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'News of the day' (Actualités)
Artist: Honoré Daumier|Walter Frères|Arnaud de Vresse
Artist bio: French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois| | 
Artist role: Artist|Printer|Publisher
Artist nationality: French|French|French
Date: August 19, 1869
Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions: Image: 9 7/16 × 8 1/4 in. (24 × 20.9 cm)
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 11 7/16 in. (29.3 × 29 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Boys|Fathers|Mothers|Rain