Crowd in Paris observing Coggia's comet, 1874

A wood engraving of a night crowd gathered in a city square, gazing up at a bright comet with a long tail streaking across a starry sky. An equestrian statue on a tall stone pedestal stands at right, while figures, trees and a domed building frame the scene below.

Artist

Jules Férat

Date

1875

Medium

Wood engravings

Source

Wellcome Collection

Size

2682 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection