L'astronome allemand lâchant un fameux canard, from La Comète de 1857, published in Le Charivari, March 17, 1857
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: La Comète de 1857
Artist: Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches
Artist bio: French, 1762–1841|French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris
Artist role: Publisher|Artist|Printer
Artist nationality: French|French|French
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
Accession year: 1954
Tags: Ducks|Satire|Astronomers