Author(s):
méaulle, fortuné louis (angers, 11–04–1844 - in 1901), engraver
virgin, daniel (daniel urrabieta ortiz y virginie, known as) (madrid, 05–03–1851 - boulogne-billancourt, 10–05–1904), designer
j. Claye (printing house), printer
hugues, eugène, editor
other title: illustration for “l’année terrible” in the michèle lévy edition, 1874 (subtitle)
production date: around 1874
dating in century: 3rd quarter of the 19th century
type(s) of object(s): print, manuscripts, printed matter, binding, graphic arts
name(s): periodical illustration
materials and techniques: wood engraving
dimensions - artwork:
height: 18. 8cm
width: 26. 5cm
dimensions - museum assembly:
height: 21. 4cm
width: 28. 2cm
description:
work attached to a mount
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - signature at the bottom left of the image: "virge" and at the bottom right: "meaulle sc"
museum mark - museum stamp in blue ink, lower right of the print (lugt 1270a)
iconographic description:
illustration for victor hugo's work "l'année terrible", edition michèle lévy, p. 133. Daniel virginie took more direct inspiration from this version for the drawing made at the request of paul meurice for the opening of the museum in 1902 (inv. 285), rather than from the second version, which he produced as a variant for the hugues edition in 1879, page 141. Themes / subjects / places represented:
literary scene, the terrible year (v. Hugo), funeral procession
person / character represented:
hugo, charles (known as charles d'auverney, known as paul de la miltière); hugo, victor
institution: maison de victor hugo - hauteville house
inventory number: 2348. Date: Vers 1874.
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