L'Homme qui rit, Deuxième partie, Livre huitième Les deux parents de Gwynplaine, 2017.0.1848, Albert Quantin, Vers 1886

Author(s): anonymous, engraver rochegrosse, georges-antoine (versailles, 02–08–1859 - el biar, 11–07–1938), designer quantin, albert (in 1850 - in 1933), printer hugues, eugène, editor other titles: illustration for "the man who laughs" in the e. Hugues edition, 1886 (subtitle), victor hugo. Paris: e. Hugues, 1876-1897 (title of the set) production date: around 1886 dating in century: 4th quarter of the 19th century type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts name(s): print materials and techniques: wood engraving dimensions - square line: height: 8cm width: 6cm dimensions - artwork: height: 32cm width: 24. 2cm description: work without editing. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: letter - signature at the bottom right of the image: "g. R. " museum mark - museum stamp in blue ink, lower right of the print (lugt 1270a) iconographic description: illustration for “the man who laughs” in edition hugues (1886), page 564. Themes / subjects / places represented: literary scene, the man who laughs (v. Hugo) institution: maison de victor hugo - hauteville house inventory number: 2017. 0. 1848. Date: Vers 1886.