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Série de dix eaux-fortes. pour l'illustration des Châtiments de Victor Hugo.

Title
Série de dix eaux-fortes. [graphic] / par Henry Guérard : pour l'illustration des Châtiments de Victor Hugo.
Author
Guérard, Henri-Charles, 1846-1897.
Publication
Paris : Richard Lesclide ; [ca. 1871?]

Details

Additional Authors
  • Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
  • S.P. Avery Collection.
Found In
Etchings by Henri Guérard. (NN)NYPG97-F237.
Description
20 prints : etching, drypoint; 13.5 x 9l.5 cm. or smaller +
Summary
Suite of 10 etchings illustrating Les Châtiments by Victor Hugo. Each print is present in 2 impressions, printed on different papers. Subjects, many of them allegorical, relate to the Napoleonic Wars, the Revolution of 1848 and the coup d'état of 1851 and include representations of a barricade, executions (including a man hanging from a gallows), ghosts, rain, sheep, skeletons and storms. One print depicts Victor Hugo in exile on the island of Guernsey.
Subject
  • Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
  • Barricades > France > Paris
  • Beheading
  • Death in art
  • Executions and executioners
  • Exiles
  • Gallows
  • Ghosts in art
  • Hanging
  • Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Campaigns > Russia
  • Rain in art
  • Sheep
  • Skeletons
  • Storms in art
  • France > History > February Revolution, 1848
  • France > History > Coup d'état, 1851
Genre/Form
  • Allegories.
  • Book illustrations – French – 19th century.
  • Etchings – French – 19th century.
  • Title pages.
Note
  • Prints correspond to Béraldi Nos. 556-565.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • S.P. Avery Collection.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 7.
Provenance (note)
  • Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of Etchings by Henri Guérard in Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
Call Number
MEZAC
OCLC
NYPG97-F23
Author
Guérard, Henri-Charles, 1846-1897.
Title
Série de dix eaux-fortes. [graphic] / par Henry Guérard : pour l'illustration des Châtiments de Victor Hugo.
Imprint
Paris : Richard Lesclide ; [ca. 1871?]
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite As:
S.P. Avery Collection.
Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 7.
Linking Entry
Forms part of Etchings by Henri Guérard in Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
Provenance
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.
Added Author
Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
S.P. Avery Collection.
Found In:
Etchings by Henri Guérard. (NN)NYPG97-F237.
Research Call Number
MEZAC
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