Black and white lithograph: a man with a telescope on a balcony beside a worried woman, both looking at the night sky over a city.

Parisians Watching the Comet, Daumier Lithograph from Actualités

A man in a long coat holds a telescope to his eye on a balcony railing, scanning a night sky over rooftops. Beside him, a stout woman in a long gown gazes upward with a worried, open-mouthed expression. The black crayon lithograph has a caption printed beneath the scene.

Artist: Honoré-Victorin Daumier
Date: May 1, 1857
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1289 px

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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)

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

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