Portrait of Victor Hugo, Circa 1875
Scope and Contents
A copy of Etienne Carjat’s famous 1875 photographic portrait of French writer and politician Victor Hugo. The portrait has been cropped into an oval showing only the head and shoulders, and pasted onto a piece of cream-colored card with a decorative frame printed in gray ink. Likely once part of a set. Undated.
Dates
- Circa 1875
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Victor-Marie Hugo (1802-1885) was one of the most famous writers in French history, most well-known in the Anglophone world for his novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). A polymath, he produced novels, poems, drama, and visual art, as well as holding a prominent political role between 1848 and his death.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu