“- Adelaide, Adelaide.. I think I can see the comet coming!!... - Oh my God... this is the end of the world.... how annoying. They promised it wouldn't come until June 13!,” plate 31 from Croquis Parisiens 18 - 1857

This lithograph, "Adelaide, Adelaide.. I think I can see the comet coming!!... - Oh my God... this is the end of the world.... how annoying. They promised it wouldn't come until June 13!", is plate 31 from the series *Croquis Parisiens* by Honoré Daumier. Daumier was a French artist best known for his satirical lithographs that depicted the social and political climate of 19th century Paris. The print, which features a caricatured couple, is a humorous commentary on the common anxieties of the time, specifically, the fear of the unknown. The woman, holding a candle, is terrified by the sight of the comet, while the man looks through his telescope with a mix of fear and curiosity. Daumier's use of dramatic light and shadow, combined with his exaggerated figures, gives the work an almost theatrical quality.