“- 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 1857
Medium
Lithograph on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.6 × 25.1 cm (7 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 27.2 × 35.6 cm (10 3/4 × 14 1/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84624
About the Artist
Honoré-Victorin Daumier · 1808–1879
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879) was a prolific French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor whose works offered incisive commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Known as the 'Michelangelo of Caricature,' Daumier produced over 4,000 lithographs, 500 paintings, 1,000 drawings, and 100 sculptures during his lifetime. His biting political satire led to his imp...