“- 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

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“- 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

Honoré Victorin Daumier

Date
1857
Medium
Lithograph on white wove paper
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
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"- Can you see the comet?... just there, at the tip of my finger ... don't lose sight of my finger tip!," plate 5 from La Comète De 1857

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“- Monsieur, I quit your service, I am going home... I don't want to be here when the world ends,” plate 4 from La Cométe De 1857

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“- Hey, Baptiste, what are these two shouting for the last hour… I am sure they are fighting! - Oh no, they make such funny movements, that's hilarious… I've got it: the are rehearsing a tragedy which they will perform at the party of Madame Follemèche… Lucky the bourgeois who can afford with his income to enjoy such entertainments… the man is almost as funny as the clown of the Folies-Nouvelles!,” plate 11 from Les Comédiens De Société

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