Pictures from Victor Hugo st Son Temps (Victor Hugo, his life and times) by Alfred Barbou (1846 – 1907), Paris, 1881.
Title: Victor Hugo et Son Temps [Victor Hugo and His Times]
Published by: Eugène Hugues
City: Paris
Date: 1881
Total items: 11
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
Victor Hugo at his writing desk
Victor Hugo in his study – A Sketch from Nature by M. Régamey. The picture shows the poet Victor Hugo standing at his writing desk, which the text implies was in his bedroom. The engraving is also signed, “Guillumy, Sc.” (for Sculpt, or engraved). The signature is hard to read and I could not find any [...] [more...]
[$]Tailpiece ornament - Harp with oak leaves and mistletoe
This woodcut was used as decoration to mark the end of a chapter; it features oak branches, with leaves and acorns in their cups, and also misteltoe branches with leaves and the white berries, a harp with seven strings, and, [...] [more...]
[$]Initial letter D with hiker in forest
This “vignetted” decorative initial features a person with a hat, a satchel, a walking stick, stepping over the initial letter and out of a path in a forest or deep woods. [more...]
[$]Pictures from Victor Hugo st Son Temps (Victor Hugo, his life and times) by Alfred Barbou (1846 – 1907), Paris, 1881.
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