Poor Mr. Rouher! A voice (in the wings): –Go ahead! Jump! He: –But I'll sink to the bottom!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, May 9, 1872
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'News of the day' (Actualités)
Artist: Eugène Rouher|Honoré Daumier
Artist bio: French, Riom 1814–1884 Paris|French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois
Artist role: Subject|Artist
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: May 9, 1872
Medium: Lithograph on newsprint
Dimensions: Image: 9 1/2 × 8 13/16 in. (24.2 × 22.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 10 5/16 in. (28.6 × 26.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession year: 1962
Tags: Satire|Men|Swimming