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Caricature of an astronomer releasing a personification of a comet or star from a cage with ducks
L'astronome allemand lâchant un fameux canard (The German astronomer releasing a famous rumor), plate 6 from the series La Comête de 1857
Caricature of an astronomer releasing a personification of a comet or star from a cage with ducks

L'astronome allemand lâchant un fameux canard (The German astronomer releasing a famous rumor), plate 6 from the series La Comête de 1857

Artist (French, 1808 - 1879)
Date1857
MediumLithograph on newsprint
Dimensionsplate/image: 9 3/4 in x 14 1/8 in; sheet/object: 8 3/4 in x 10 1/8 in
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Sidney and Vivian Kaplan
Object number2002.3.274
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