François-Paul Meurice

1854

Charles-Victor Hugo with Auguste Vacquerie

Associated Names
Auguste Vacquerie

Artist, French, 1819 - 1895

Charles-Victor Hugo

Artist, French, 1826 - 1871

The image shows a man seated with a relaxed posture. He is wearing a suit with a high-collared shirt, tie, and buttoned jacket. The man has a distinct mustache and his hair is neatly parted to one side and hanging to about ear length. He is looking slightly downward. The background appears softly blurred.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Richard and Judith Smooke

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 9.9 × 7.9 cm (3 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
    mount: 19.2 × 29 cm (7 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.107.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Malvern, PA); purchased with donated funds from the Richard and Judith Smooke Fund by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on mount, lower right in graphite: Portrait de / Meurice / par / Charles Hugo

Wikidata ID

Q64145818

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