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Black-and-white lithograph of a man leaning from a roof window looking down at a man at a lower window who gazes up; city rooftops at right.

“- 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

A black-and-white lithograph shows two men at adjoining windows: the upper man leans from a roof dormer, face angled down toward the lower man, who rests his arms on a sill and gazes upward. Below, a French caption and rooftops along the street at right complete the scene.

Artist
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Date
1857
Medium
Lithograph on white wove paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1296 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1857).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

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