Parisians Taking Precautions Against the Comet, Actualités Plate 410

A black-and-white lithograph shows a man in a tall top hat and long coat wading through a flooded river beside a stone embankment, with a woman in a bonnet and shawl and a man in a top hat half-submerged nearby. Fine crosshatched shading and a caption below the scene describe the satirical scene.

Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Date

1857

Medium

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 1286 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club