Art Institute of Chicago
Even the Planets are Watching with Interest the Arrival of the Famous Comet, plate 9 from La Cométe De 1857
Honoré Victorin Daumier
- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on white wove paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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