The Flu in Paris

A senior Parisian couple is seen from the waist up, walking in the street. He has a runny nose and a scarf wrapped around the lower part of his face, while she holds a handkerchief to her mouth and looks downward. In the near background, a man approaches from the opposite direction, coughing and pressing a hand to his chest.

This illustration was published in Le Charivari on February 18, 1864. It is part of the miscellaneous series titled Actualités.

The caption reads in the original French: Paris grippé