The image features two figures in full body. On the left, a person leans forward, holding a candle in a holder. This person has an elongated face with high cheekbones and wears a nightcap and loose, simple clothing. On the right, a second person is slightly bent over, looking through a telescope. This figure's facial features include sharp, pronounced lines and a focused expression, with a tall, pointed hat on their head. They wear tight-fitting clothing and hold a telescope aimed toward an open window showing a night sky dotted with small stars. The background shows the framed, open window with a railing outside, in an interior space dimly illuminated by candlelight.
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The image features two figures in full body. On the left, a person leans forward, holding a candle in a holder. This person has an elongated face with high cheekbones and wears a nightcap and loose, simple clothing. On the right, a second person is slightly bent over, looking through a telescope. This figure's facial features include sharp, pronounced lines and a focused expression, with a tall, pointed hat on their head. They wear tight-fitting clothing and hold a telescope aimed toward an open window showing a night sky dotted with small stars. The background shows the framed, open window with a railing outside, in an interior space dimly illuminated by candlelight.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Adélaide...Adélaide...il me semble que je vois deja venir la comète !!...

Honoré Daumier

Date
published 1857
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 20.8 x 26.5 cm (8 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.) sheet: 26.8 x 34.6 cm (10 9/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1989.62.3
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Croquis Parisiens

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • lithograph
  • daily life
  • genre
Inscription

upper center in plate: CROQUIS PARISIENS.; lower left in plate: h.D. / MouMartinet,172,r.Rivoli et41,r.Vivienne.; lower right in plate: 30 / Lith.Destouches,28,r.Paradis Pre Paris.; lower center in plate: -Adel; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: D.2935ii(ofiii) / 13HD28 aide...Adelaide.....il me semble que je vois deja venir la comete!!...-Ah ! mon Dieu....deja la fin du monde....on nous avait pourtant promis que ca ne serait que le 13 juin !...; bR //stamped: DEPOT LEGAL / Seine / No. / 1857.; bR //by later hand over stamp in graphite: 90[illegiable]; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: D.2935ii(ofiii) / 13HD28

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