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The Eylau Cemetery (V. Hugo, La légende des siècles, Edition nationale, t10) - Champollion after Le Blant

Date :
1886
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre, eau-forte
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
16.8x11.7 cm
2017.0.2307.3
Signed work

Description

"In the evening we made the fires, and the colonel came,
He said: - Hugo? - Present. - How many men? - One hundred and twenty. Take the whole company with you,
and get yourself killed. - Where? - In the cemetery.
And I replied: -That is indeed the place."

History :
  1. Signed below the image left "Le Blant inv.", center "Edition nationale", right "E. Champollion sc."
Textual Sources :
Victor Hugo, La légende des siècles (1859)

Technical Data

Notice #024666

Image HD

Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Collections en ligne des musées de la Ville de Paris (https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr)
Bibliography :
Camille Page, Déambuler dans la Galerie des Illustres, Numéro Illustrer le roman national, 2025