Les BAINS A VINGT CENTIMES. NOUVEAU STYLE. Dites donc vieux! l'eau est-elle bonne? Méchant môme, si elle était bonne, on n'en donnerait pas tant pour quatre sous.

Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M. · 1842

A man is complaining about the water being too expensive. The source of the river Seine is found in Burgundy, runs through Paris and ends in the Channel. The public baths in the Seine offered a highly welcomed refreshment in summer. According to information by Provost one of the "Bathing Boats", called "Petit, Ecole de Natation" was moored very close to Daumier's house at the Quai d'Anjou on the river Seine.