About This Artwork

Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879

“- Ah yes, those comets, they always predict great misfortunes. It doesn't surprise me at all that poor Madame Galuchet suddenly died last night,” plate 573 from Actualités, 1857

Lithograph in black on white wove paper
204 x 251 mm (image); 275 x 358 mm (sheet)
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club, 1955.1172

Delteil 2943 II/II; Hazard-Delteil 3761 II/II