Victor Hugo’s Bedroom

Description:

Maxime Lalanne’s etching Le Chambre de Victor Hugo shows Hugo’s bedroom in Hauteville House on the Isle of Guernsey. The distinguished French author of works such as Les Misérables left Paris for political exile after a coup brought to power Louis Napoleon, later Napoleon III. The print was originally published as one of a suite of twelve to accompany a book titled Chez Victor Hugo par un Passant (At Victor Hugo’s House by a Passer-by). Hugo’s son Charles based his book on the reporting of Edmond Bacot, who visited Hugo in 1862. Lalanne etched this scene after one of the photographs Bacot took.

Date Made: 1864

Publisher: Cadart, A.Graphic Artist: Lalanne, MaximePhotographer: Bacot, Edmond

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France: Île-de-France, Département de Ville-de-Paris

Subject: Literature

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See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Ferris Collection, Communications, Art, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.14597Catalog Number: 14597Accession Number: 94830

Object Name: printetching on chine colleObject Type: Etching

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: image: 10 cm x 7.4 cm; 3 15/16 in x 2 15/16 inplate: 14.5 cm x 11.2 cm; 5 11/16 in x 4 7/16 insheet: 31.3 cm x 25 cm; 12 5/16 in x 9 13/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-d481-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1002100

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