Author(s):
sahib (louis-ernest lesage, known as) (paris, in 1847 - in 1919), designer
la vie parisienne, publisher
other title: portraits and toupees of the century - exhibition of the school of fine arts (registered title (letter))
production date: in 03–1883
dating in century: 4th quarter of the 19th century
type(s) of object(s): print, manuscripts, printed matter, binding, graphic arts
name(s): periodical illustration
materials and techniques: photomechanical process
dimensions - artwork:
height: 35. 6cm
width: 52. 2cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 56cm
width: 75cm
description:
work fixed in a montage that goes everywhere
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - at the top of the page, centered: "portraits and toupets of the century - exhibition of the school of fine arts"; signature at the bottom of the image on the right: "sahib"
museum mark - museum stamp in blue ink, bottom right of image (lugt 1270a)
iconographic description:
illustration for the periodical la vie parisienne of may 26, 1883. Many personalities, including victor hugo, depicted in the center of the image. Themes / subjects / places represented:
caricature - humorous drawing, newspaper - periodical
person / character depicted:
hugo, victor; marat, jean-paul; danton, georges; mirabeau, honoré-gabriel riqueti, count of; corday d’armont, marie-anne-charlotte de; roland, manon; napoleon i, emperor of the french; staël-holstein, germaine de (known as madame de staël); gambetta, leon; récamier, juliette (known as madame récamier); talleyrand-périgord, charles-maurice de; benjamin-constant, jean-joseph; lamartine, alphonse de; balzac, honoré de; ingres, jean-auguste-dominique; delacroix, eugene; musset, alfred de; thiers, adolphe; girardin, emile de; favre, jules gabriel claude; rochefort, henri (victor henri de rochefort-lucay, known as); zola, emile; bernhardt, sarah
institution: maison de victor hugo - hauteville house
inventory number: 2017. 0. 3888. Date: En 03–1883.
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