[HUGO] VACQUERIE, Auguste (1819-1895)

[HUGO] VACQUERIE, Auguste (1819-1895)

Period albumen prints in stereoscopic view
[Jersey, c. 1853-1855], approximately 7,5 x 6,5 cm each, on thick cardboard (8,5 x 17,5 cm)
Nice contrasts despite some stains and flaws on prints (see scans)
Some flaw on cardboard
Pencil annotations on verso

Nice portraits of the poet in a seated position, leaning on a table in Marine Terrace

These two prints show Victor Hugo seated, leaning on a table, on which a few scattered sheets can be seen. Behind him, the wall of his house in Marine Terrace in Jersey, where the exiled poet lived with his family from August 1852 to October 1855. We observe a slightly different pose of the subject on each of the two prints. Hugo seems more questioning on the first while he gives the impression of a more determined look on the second.

Attributed to Auguste Vacquerie, these photographs could just as well have been taken by the poet’s son, Charles Hugo (1826-1871).

Two similar prints are kept in the collections of the Maison de Victor Hugo.

Nice contrasts. Rather uncommon for this era.