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Series 'Actualites', Parisians waiting for the arrival of the famous comet, plate 370, illustration from 'Le Charivari', 25th February 1857

Daumier, Honore (1808-79); French. Medium: lithograph. Date: 1857. Serie 'News of the Day'; comet Charles-Quint predicted for 13th June 1857; expected to hit the earth; prophecy of the ending of the world; 'Les Parisiens dans l'attente de la fameuse comete'; Provenance: Marcel Lecomte Collection, Paris, France / Giraudon. Photographic Rights The Bridgeman Art Library.