Victor Hugo poses for posterity under the lens of Alphonse Chalot.

Victor Hugo (1802.1885)

Original photograph in cabinet card format.

Albumen print mounted on heavy cardboard.

Size: 10.80 x 16.50 cm.

Photograph dating from the winter of 1884 by Alphonse Chalot (1841-1893)

Superb bust portrait of the great man, a few months before his death.

State of preservation and contrasts almost perfect.

Handwritten annotation and stamp on the back.

A similar proof is reproduced in the Hugo Album, Pléiade edition (p. 327)