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Liénarde et Gisquette [drawing].

Accession number
PML 140574.1
Creator
Gerlier, 1826-
Published
1877?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Drawing for an illustrated edition of Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris (Paris : E. Hugues, [1877]), p. 28.
Attribution from printed source, with the wood engraving after Gerlier's drawing signed within the block.
Item mounted at the front of a copy of Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris (PML 140574), 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.
Provenance
Fortuné Méaulle; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing shows The two young women, Liénarde and Gisquette, at right, addressing Gringoire, who stands at left, holding manuscripts under his arm and tucked into his belt.
Classification
Department