Author(s):
pouget, jean achille, engraver
deschamps, emile (1822 - 1893), engraver
castelli, horace (in 1825 - in 1889), designer
imprimerie moderne, printer
verboeckhoven et cie, publisher
other title: album of twenty engravings for les misérables by victor hugo, paris: a. Lacroix et cie (title of the set)
production date: around 1866
dating in century: 3rd 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: 20. 6cm
width: 13. 5cm
dimensions - artwork:
height: 24. 8cm
width: 16. 5cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 38cm
description:
first page torn from the cover of the sequel and fixed in an all-purpose montage
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - title in the center of the image: "album / of / twenty engravings / for / les miserables / of / victor hugo"; and below: "paris / a. Lacroix et ce, editeurs / 13, faubourg-monmartre"; signature at the bottom of the image on the left: "pouget. Deschamps"; signature at the bottom right of the image: "h. Castelli"
museum mark - museum stamp in blue ink, bottom right of image (lugt 1270a)
iconographic description:
illustration for the album of twenty engravings for les misérables by victor hugo, edition lacroix et cie, frontispiece
themes / subjects / places represented:
literary scene, les miserables (v. Hugo)
person / character depicted:
valjean, jean (literary character); javert (literary character); marius (literary character); eponine (literary character); gavroche (literary character); thénardier (family; literary character); fantine (literary character); cosette (literary character)
institution: maison de victor hugo - hauteville house
inventory number: 2017. 0. 2927. 1. Date: circa 1866.
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