“- 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

Date: February 18, 1857
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 20.4 × 25.9 cm (8 1/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 36 cm (9 15/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Charles E. Worcester