- Adélaïde.... Adélaïde.....il me semble que je vois déjà venir la comète!!.... - Ah! mon Dieu......déjà la fin du monde......... on nous avait pourtant promis que ça ne serait que le 13 juin!....

Item Information

Title:
- Adélaïde.... Adélaïde.....il me semble que je vois déjà venir la comète!!.... - Ah! mon Dieu......déjà la fin du monde......... on nous avait pourtant promis que ça ne serait que le 13 juin!....
Title (alt.):
- Adelaide.... Adelaide..... I think I see the comet coming already!!.... - Oh! my God...... it's the end of the world already........ we were promised it wouldn't be until June 13!.....
Description:
A man thinks he sees the comet coming and his wife begins to panic that it is the end of the world and that it wasn't expected to come until June thirteenth. The return of the comet Charles-Quint was predicted for June 13, 1857. It was expected to hit the earth and the end of the world was foreseen.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1857
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Astronomy
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 25.5 x 29.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3352
Terms of Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, February 18, 1857.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2935