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Bertall et Cie — Victor Hugo (French novelist, playwright, and poet, 1802-1885)

Bertall et Cie

Victor Hugo (French novelist, playwright, and poet, 1802-1885)

1875

Part of a comprehensive photographic portrait series celebrating France's greatest literary minds, employing the woodburytype process to honor the monumental author of "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame."

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Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1

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Bertall et Cie, Victor Hugo (French novelist, playwright, and poet, 1802-1885), 1875

Part of a comprehensive photographic portrait series celebrating France's greatest literary minds, employing the woodburytype process to honor the monumental author of "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame."

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1
Year
1875
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Monochrome, French, Documentary, Photograph, Literary, Historical, Woodburytype, Portrait, Biography, 1870s

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