Paul Chenay and Drouart
Victor Hugo
1862
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Aquatint, etching, Mount: 321 x 218 mm. (12 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 60 x 52 mm. (2 3/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.821
After a photograph of Hugo, frontispiece to the book "Théophile Gautier, Dessins de Victor Hugo (Paris: Castel, 1863)"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Inscribed in plate: lower center "Paul Chenay sc.", "VICTOR HUGO / d'après une photographie faite en 1857"; bottom left "CASTEL, Editeur, Passage de l'Opera"; bottom right "Imp. Drouart à Paris"
Markings: None
