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“- Mr.Lifeguard.... is it true there are sharks at Dieppe? - Of course... but it is pretty simple... as soon as you see one coming to eat you, all you have to do is lay down sideways. He won't eat you for fear of choking to death,” plate 1 from Aus Bains De Mer
c. 1858
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.9 × 25.6 cm (7 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 27.3 × 36 cm (10 3/4 × 14 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1949.977
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “- Mr.Lifeguard.... is it true there are sharks at Dieppe? - Of course... but it is pretty simple... as soon as you see one coming to eat you, all you have to do is lay down sideways. He won't eat you for fear of choking to death,” plate 1 from Aus Bains De Mer. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“- Mr.Lifeguard.... is it true there are sharks at Dieppe? - Of course... but it is pretty simple... as soon as you see one coming to eat you, all you have to do is lay down sideways. He won't eat you for fear of choking to death,” plate 1 from Aus Bains De Mer — Honoré Daumier. c. 1858.
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 19.9 × 25.6 cm (7 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 27.3 × 36 cm (10 3/4 × 14 3/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.