Author(s):
méaulle, fortuné louis (angers, 11–04–1844 - in 1901), engraver
hugo, victor (besançon, 26–02–1802 - paris, 22–05–1885), author of the model
imprimerie p. Mouillot, printer
hugues, eugène, editor
other titles:
illustration for "le rhin", in the edition e. Hugues, 1890 (subtitle), victor hugo. Paris: e. Hugues, 1876-1897 (title of the set)
production date: around 1890
dating in century: 4th 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: 19cm
width: 13cm
dimensions - artwork:
height: 28. 3cm
width: 20. 7cm
description:
a print without mounting
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - bottom, center: "table of / [. . . ]. Bottom, right: "table of the devil / 12 7bre 6h 1/2 / d. S. "
museum mark - museum stamp in blue ink, on the reverse in the center of the print (lugt 1270a). Iconographic description:
this illustration can be found on page 154 of the hugues edition. Reproduces victor hugo's drawing representing the teufelstich or devil's table, a rock of singular shape, at hinterweidenthal in rhineland-palatinate, near piramens, northwest of wissenborg and southwest of ludwigshafene and manheim, inv. No. 20. Themes / subjects / places represented:
literary scene, the rhine. Letters to a friend (v. Hugo), frankfurt am main
institution: maison de victor hugo - hauteville house
inventory number: 2017. 0. 832. 1. Date: circa 1890.
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