Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a swimming school. Lithograph by Tirpenne & Faivre after A. Thierry.

  • Thierry, Alexandre (Jean Alexandre), 1810–1866.
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1844
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29045i
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Colonie de Mettray
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Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a swimming school. Lithograph by Tirpenne & Faivre after A. Thierry. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"Une gravure préfigure d'ailleurs une école de natation, qui n'a sans doute été qu'un projet, et dont les archives ne conservent aucune trace."-- Bourquin and Pierre, op. cit.

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[Paris] (Lemercier)

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1 print : lithograph, tinted ; image 16.9 x 25 cm.

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Ecole de natation. A. Thierry del. Tirpenne & Faivre lith.

References note

Jacques Bourquin and Éric Pierre, 'Une visite à Mettray par l'image: l'album de gravures de 1844', Sociétés & représentations 2004, no. 18, pages 207-216

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Wellcome Collection 29045i

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