[Hand of Victor Hugo]
Photograph
[Hand of Victor Hugo]
From the album Souvenir de l'exil
ca. 1853
Salted paper print
Image: 3 9/16 × 2 15/16 in. (9.1 × 7.4 cm)
Mount: 12 11/16 × 10 1/16 in. (32.3 × 25.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1979.0023.0023
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on mount recto, CR: Nous gravions la sentence au mur de Balthazar \ (Hernani) \ Victor Hugo [Translation: We were engraving the sentence on the wall of Balthazar. (Hernani) Victor Hugo]
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on mount recto, BRC: La main de Victor Hugo \ (épreuve reproduite dans le livre de Gryer) [Translation: The hand of Victor Hugo (print reproduced in the book by Gruyer)]
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on mount recto, BRC: La main de Victor Hugo \ (épreuve reproduite dans le livre de Gryer) [Translation: The hand of Victor Hugo (print reproduced in the book by Gruyer)]
