About This Artwork

Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879

“- Ah, my dear Madame Chaffarou... this surely must be the end... the comet is coming and the sun is going,” plate 392 from Actualités, 1857

Lithograph in black on white wove paper
205 x 272 mm (image); 275 x 360 mm (sheet)
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club, 1955.1170

Daumier Register 2940; Delteil 2940 II/II; Hazard-Delteil 3688 II/II