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
j. Claye (printing house), printer
quantin, albert (in 1850 - in 1933), 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: between 1881 and 1882
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 - artwork:
height: 18. 4cm
width: 15cm
dimensions - museum assembly:
height: 53cm
width: 38cm
description:
a print fixed on a mount
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
letter - above the image: "-for my toto-"; under the image: "the cattu (st goarshausen / ept. 1854 - for my toto. "
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 72 of the hugues edition. Reproduces victor hugo's drawing, the cat (burg katz) that he saw during the stage at saint-goar where he arrived on september 14, 1840, at 5:30 p. M. He stays there until the 22nd at 2 p. M. It was on the 15th that he visited burg katz (the cat). The drawing was executed between that day or october 1, the date of the letter to her son françois-victor on which she executed the drawing. Themes / subjects / places represented:
literary scene, the rhine. Letters to a friend (v. Hugo), saint-goar
institution: maison de victor hugo - hauteville house
inventory number: 2017. 0. 821. 2. Date: Entre 1881 et 1882.
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