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Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

Adèlaïde...Il me semble que je vois...la comète! (Adelaide...I think I see the comet!), from Croquis Parisiens, published in Le Charivari, February 18, 1857

February 18, 1857
Lithograph; third state of three (Daumier)
26 × 35.6 cm (10.2 × 14 in)

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