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Victor Hugo.

  • ARTIST: Samuel Hollyer

  • PUBLISHER: Published by J. S. Bradley Jr., New York.

  • MEDIUM: Etching.

    DATE: 1887.

  • EDITION SIZE: 12 3/4 x 10 3/4" (330 x 270 mm) plus title and wide margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: This is a superb etching of Victor Hugo by the celebrated American engraver Samuel Hollyer. A well-known English printmaker, Hollyer immigrated to America in the 1850’s where he established himself as a successful engraver. He produced many portraits of literary figures including this handsome portrait of Hugo. <br><br> Victor Hugo was a novelist, poet and dramatist and is one of the most lauded French Romantic writers. Among his best-known works are “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Les Misérables”.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Signed in pencil “S. Hollyer” below image. Black & white

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