Title

Illustration from 'Histoire d'un crime', by Victor Hugo

Caption

First part (Day one), chapter XVIII. Republican representatives at the Canal Saint-Martin.

Illustrator: H. Scott.
Illustration from 'Histoire d'un crime' ('The History of a Crime', written in 1852) and part of a set of engravings published in Victor Hugo's 'Oeuvres'.
Book published in French by Eugène Hugues in 1879.

Date

1879

Credit line

Photo12/Pierre Pitrou

Reference

PTR22A00_205

License type

Rights managed

Available size

86,3Mb (10,0Mb) / 16,9in x 19,8in / 5066 x 5954 (300dpi)

Keywords

Engraving Illustration Scene 19th century French literature Essay France Napoleon III Coup d'état Politics Critique Night Paris Outside Street Lampposts Street lighting Buildings Passers-by Men Penumbra Street scene Streetlamps