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Victor Hugo on his Deathbed

(French, 1820–1910)
1885
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, carbon print
DimensionsSheet: 19.7 x 25.1 cm (7 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Mount: 30.8 x 38.1 cm (12 1/8 x 15 in.)
Credit LineSophie M. Friedman Fund
Accession number1991.710
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsRecto, on mount, below image, printed in black ink,: Victor Hugo / 26 Fevrier 1802 22 Mai 1885 Nadar. Verso, center, stamped in blue ink: Portraits / F. Nadar / 48, Rue Bassano, 48 / Teleph.: Elysees 76.64.
ProvenanceVictorian Photography, Essex, England; purchased December 1991.
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