Accession number
PML 140581.1
Creator
Rochegrosse, Georges, 1859-1938.
Published
1886
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Drawing for an illustrated edition of Hugo's L'homme qui rit ( Paris : E. Hugues, [1886]).
Item bound in at front of a copy of Victor Hugo's L'homme qui rit (PML 140581), 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 bound in at front of a copy of Victor Hugo's L'homme qui rit (PML 140581), 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 right.
Provenance
Fortuné Méaulle; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing shows the figure of Lord Clancharlie walking beside the water, to the left, with his hands behind his back.
Classification
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