Description

Description: With dense shaded lines Rajon created a dark, sobering portrait of the French writer Victor Hugo. The etching is after a painting by Leon Bonnat.

Paul Adolphe Rajon (1843-1888) was a French photographer, painter, and printmaker. He is known for his portraits of prominent contemporaries including: Charles Darwin, Tennyson, Turgenev, etc.

Image size: 11″ x 8 3/4″ on a sheet of wove paper measuring: 13″ x 10″. Item #PR00455

Condition: Light toning around perimeter, remnants of mounting tape on verso, otherwise good condition.