Accession number
PML 140571.1
Creator
Rochegrosse, Georges, 1859-1938.
Published
1885?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Possibly an unpublished design by Rochegrosse for his illustrated edition of Han d'Islande (Paris : E. Hugues, 1885).
Item mounted on a leaf at the front of a copy of Victor Hugo's Han d'Islande (PML 140571), 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 Han d'Islande (PML 140571), 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 with initials "GR" (i.e. G. Rochegrasse?) at right.
Provenance
Fortuné Méaulle; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing Illustrating Hugo's novel Han d'Islande, showing the figure of Han riding astride his companion, the polar bear.
Classification
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Department