L'astronome allemand lâchant un fameux canard, from La Comète de 1857, published in Le Charivari, March 17, 1857

Printer Destouches French
Publisher Aaron Martinet French
January 13, 1858
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  • Title: L'astronome allemand lâchant un fameux canard, from La Comète de 1857, published in Le Charivari, March 17, 1857
  • Series/Portfolio: La Comète de 1857
  • Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
  • Printer: Destouches (Paris)
  • Publisher: Aaron Martinet (French, 1762–1841)
  • Date: January 13, 1858
  • Medium: Lithograph; third state of three (Delteil)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 14 3/16 in. (25 × 36 cm)
    Image: 8 3/8 × 9 13/16 in. (21.3 × 25 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.557.66
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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