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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1910,0716.31
Title: Object: Victor Hugo, de face
Description: Two views of the head of Victor Hugo, the top one facing the viewer, the bottom one looking to the left. 1885 Drypoint
Producer name: Print made by: Auguste Rodin
School/style: French
Production date: 1885
Materials: paper
Technique: drypoint
Dimensions: Height: 224 millimetres; Width: 175 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Copperplate is in the Musée Rodin, Paris (G.7763).
Bibliographic references: Delteil / Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré (XIXe et XXe siècles) (7.II); Thorson 1975 / Rodin Graphics, a catalogue raisonné of drypoints and book illustrations (IX.2)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Victor Hugo
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Nigel Felix Henley
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: William Ernest Henley
Acquisition date: 1910
Acquisition notes: BM P&D Bill Book vol. 7 includes a bill from Nigel Henley for £36, dated 15 July 1910.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1910,0716.31

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