Accession number
PML 140562.1
Creator
Vogel, H. (Hermann), 1856-1918.
Published
1880s
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
An illustration for Victor Hugo's Les chansons des rues et des bois, part I, "Jeunesse", poem XX, "Lettre".
Item mounted on a leaf at the front of a copy of Victor Hugo's Les chansons des rues et des bois (PML 140562), the volume issued as part of a set of his collected Oeuvres complètes, published in Paris by J. Hetzel in 46 volumes between 1880-1883.
The drawing and volume in which it has been inserted appear to have formerly belonged to the engraver Fortuné Méaulle; the Gordon Ray copy of Hugo's Oeuvres complètes is evidently an author's presentation copy, with 6 of the 46 volumes containing inscriptions by the author to members of the Méaulle family. Cf. Ray.
Item mounted on a leaf at the front of a copy of Victor Hugo's Les chansons des rues et des bois (PML 140562), the volume issued as part of a set of his collected Oeuvres complètes, published in Paris by J. Hetzel in 46 volumes between 1880-1883.
The drawing and volume in which it has been inserted appear to have formerly belonged to the engraver Fortuné Méaulle; the Gordon Ray copy of Hugo's Oeuvres complètes is evidently an author's presentation copy, with 6 of the 46 volumes containing inscriptions by the author to members of the Méaulle family. Cf. Ray.
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed by the artist at lower left; lettered with caption title within the image.
Provenance
Fortuné Méaulle; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing of a scene in a classical interior where a boy (Cupid) stands naked at right, facing an older man who is seated at left, holding up a heart in one hand and an arrow in the other; a quiverful of arrows sits on a barrel between them and a stands resting against it., a toy soldier sits on the floor at far right and various statues, vases, and scrolls are shown throughout the room.
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