Exceptional portrait of Victor Hugo on his deathbed, by Nadar.
Like other artists, painters, sculptors, Nadar went to Victor Hugo's bedside the day after his death, on May 23, 1885, at his home, in order to immortalize him one last time.
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Like other artists, painters, sculptors, Nadar went to Victor Hugo's bedside the day after his death, on May 23, 1885, at his home, in order to immortalize him one last time.
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Victor Hugo (1802.1885)
Original photograph in cabinet card format.
Albumen print mounted on heavy card bordered with a mourning border.
Cabinet format: 10 x 16.50 cm.
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Exceptional portrait of the great man on his deathbed, by Nadar.
Like other artists, painters, sculptors, Nadar went to Victor Hugo's bedside the day after his death, on May 23, 1885, at his home on Avenue Victor Hugo in Paris in order to immortalize him one last time.
Paul Nadar, the photographer's son, recounted that his "father had not wanted to transport all his equipment. Victor Hugo was captured in daylight and by lamplight. And this photograph taken by my father in tears is perhaps his masterpiece."
Inscriptions printed in black: VH May 22… N.