Can You See the Comet? Daumier Lithograph, La Comète de 1857
A lithograph in black ink on ivory paper shows two men at night. A thin, bearded man in a hat points upward while a top-hatted gentleman in a long coat looks up beside him. The caption text runs along the bottom margin.
- Artist
- Honoré-Victorin Daumier
- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1200 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1857).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Charles H. Worcester