Portrait of Alexandre Dumas at Victor Hugo's home in Guernsey - Wathins

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Portrait of Alexandre Dumas at Victor Hugo's home in Guernsey - Wathins

Portrait of Alexandre Dumas at Victor Hugo's home in Guernsey - Wathins

Artist :
Watkins, Herbert (1828-1916), photographe
Date :
1857
Type of image :
Photographie
Albumen print
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
18.5x13.2 cm
Topic :
Portrait
Storage Location :
Paris, Maison Victor-Hugo, et Guernesey, Hauteville House
2777FOL93

Description

Portrait of Alexandre Dumas executed on the occasion of his visit to Victor Hugo's home in Guernsey. Dumas is photographed from the front.

History :
  1. Dedication on recto, bottom, in brown ink: "Guernsey, August 5, 1857 | Alex Dumas"
  2. Print with rounded upper corners, small spots in the negative, laminated to folio 93 of the Album des proscrits. This album, compiled in Jersey between 1853 and 1855 during Victor Hugo's exile, consists of 60 photographs of the Hugo family and the Proscrits, taken by Charles Hugo or Auguste Vacquerie.
Textual Sources :
Dumas, Alexandre dit Alexandre Dumas père (1802-1870)

Technical Data

Notice #024398

Image HD

Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Collections en ligne des musées de la Ville de Paris (https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr)
Copyright / Photographer :
Licence CC0 4.0

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