Author(s):
carjat, etienne (fareins, 01–04–1828 - paris, 09–03–1906), photographer
other title: notre-dame de paris, théâtre des nations, june 7, 1879 (title of the whole)
production date: 06–1879
dating in centuries: 2nd half of the 19th century
type(s) of object(s): photography
name(s): photography
materials and techniques: print on albumen paper
place(s) of execution/production: paris
dimensions - artwork:
height: 14. 2cm
width: 10cm
dimensions - old assembly:
height: 16. 4cm
width: 10. 8cm
dimensions - museum assembly:
height: 60cm
width: 50cm
description:
print laminated on an old beige cardboard support, album card format fixed in a large montage with ph3978, 3981 and 3993
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - on the front of the old montage, at the bottom, typed in brown ink: "photographie et. Carjat & cie / 10, rue notre dame de lorette / on the ground floor, paris"
inscription - on the back of the old montage, at the top, in graphite pencil: "n. D de paris - quasimodo / lacressonière"
museum mark - on the back of the old montage, at the bottom, in blue ink: "maison de victor hugo"
inventory number - on the back, bottom right, in graphite pencil: "mvhp ph 3997"
iconographic description:
lacressonnière in the role of quasimodo for the performance of "notre-dame de paris" at the théâtre des nations, june 7, 1879. He stands with his legs apart, his back arched and his bust leaning forward in a posture of astonishment, dressed in a doublet and breeches. He is one of the central characters of the novel published in 1831: abandoned and exchanged for little agnès (esmeralda) by his bohemian parents at the age of 4 because of his physical deformities (hunchback, one-eyed and lame), he is taken in by the archdeacon claude frollo and becomes the ringer of the bells of notre-dame (which makes him deaf). He also falls in love with the beautiful gypsy who prefers the officer phoebus. After being handed over to justice by a jealous frollo and furious at having been rejected, esmeralda is hanged at place de grève. Quasimodo, who sees the scene from the top of the cathedral towers, throws claude frollo into the void. Themes / subjects / places represented:
portrait (subject represented), notre-dame de paris (v. Hugo)
person / character depicted:
lacressionnière (born charles adrien lesot de la penneterie); quasimodo (literary character)
institution: maison de victor hugo - hauteville house
inventory number: 3997. Date: 06–1879.
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