Author(s):
méaulle, fortuné louis (angers, 11–04–1844 - in 1901), engraver
léveillé, auguste-hilaire (joué-du-bois, 31–12–1840 - paris, 12–04–1900), engraver
gilbert, achille-isidore (paris, 06–04–1828 - paris, in 1899), author of the model
j. Claye (printing house), printer
quantin, albert (in 1850 - in 1933), printer
hugues, eugène, editor
other titles:
illustration for “quatrevingt-treize” in the edition hugues, 1876 (subtitle), victor hugo. Paris: e. Hugues, 1876-1897 (title of the set)
production date: around 1876
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: 7cm
width: 10. 8cm
dimensions - artwork:
height: 21. 7cm
width: 14. 8cm
description:
work without editing. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - in the frame of the upper image, signature at the bottom left of the image: "gilbert" and at the bottom right: "f. Méaulle"; in the frame of the lower image, signature lower left: "gilbert" and lower right: "a leveillé"
stamp - stamp in blue ink, bottom right of each image: "h b"
museum mark - stamp in purple ink, between the two images, on the right: "maison de / victor hugo"
inventory number - in graphite pencil, on the back, bottom right: "mvhperec1742"
iconographic description:
two illustrations for “quatrevingt-treize”, in the hugues edition, pages 145 and 148. Themes / subjects / places represented:
literary scene, ninety-three (v. Hugo)
person / character depicted:
robespierre, maximilien de; duplay, marie-éléonore; duplay, maurice
institution: maison de victor hugo - hauteville house
inventory number: 2017. 0. 1231. Date: circa 1876.
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