About This Artwork
Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879
“- Hello, neighbour... what was all this yelling about... did you see the comet? - I thought I had seen it over there... but then it was just the fire from a chimney... this time we got off with no more than a fright,” plate 3 from La Cométe De 18571857
Lithograph on white wove paper
196 x 251 mm (image); 272 x 356 mm (sheet)
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club, 1955.1163
Daumier Register 2927; Delteil 2927 between II and III/III; Hazard-Delteil 1184 only
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display