CHT247782 An \'attempt\' to walk across the Seine, 1784 (engraving) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; (add.info.: Essai de marche sue l\'eau de la Seine au moyen des sabots elastiques; practical joke played on French society including the king\'s brother, Monsieur; a humorous gentleman, M. de Combles, duped many gullible people in Paris and Versailles into believing this miraculous feat would be enacted; he took fright when the trick was taken seriously and confessed to the king, who was amused by the hoax;); 穢 Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright.