Author(s):
lanseval, martin, engraver
méaulle, fortuné louis (angers, 11–04–1844 - in 1901), engraver
lix, frédéric théodore (strasbourg, 18–12–1830 - paris, in 1897), designer
motteroz, printer
ollendorff, paul (24–02–1851 - choisy-au-bac, 15–12–1920), publisher
production date: around 1879
dating in century: 4th quarter of the 19th century
type(s) of object(s): print, manuscripts, printed matter, binding, graphic arts
name(s): print
materials and techniques: wood engraving
dimensions - artwork:
height: 27. 4cm
width: 38. 3cm
description:
unmounted eight-page booklet
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - page 1 - below the image: "societe d'editions litteraires & artistiques / booksellers paul ollendorff, 50, chaussée d'antin, paris. "; page 4 - title under the image: "the house of victor hugo, in guernsey, where les miserables were written"; page 5 - under the image at the top right of the page: "the house where victor hugo was born, in besancon, on february 26, 1802"; under the image at the bottom left of the page: "drawing by victor hugo"; page 6: under the image at the top left of the page: "cast of victor hugo's head on his deathbed, by dalou"; under the handwritten text at the bottom of the page in the center: "note from victor hugo who accompanied the sending to his publisher of the last manuscript chapter of des miserables"
museum mark - museum stamp in blue ink, bottom right of image (lugt 1270a)
iconographic description:
libretto for ollendorff's edition of victor hugo's les misérables. Reprint of a print from the complete edition of hugues from 1879: page 1: the convict and the prostitute (page i). Themes / subjects / places represented:
literary scene, les miserables (v. Hugo)
person / character depicted:
fantine (literary character); javert (literary character); valjean, jean (literary character); cosette (literary character); marius (literary character); gavroche (literary character)
institution: maison de victor hugo - hauteville house
inventory number: 2017. 0. 2915. Date: Vers 1879.
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