• Victor Hugo diptych: The Eddystone Lighthouse and The Casquets Lighthouse, framed side by side on a beige wall, window shadows
  • Diptyque Victor Hugo : les phares d'Eddystone et des Casquets, en vidéo : les deux tirages encadrés sur un mur beige
  • The Eddystone Lighthouse, Victor Hugo drawing as a 16x24 in print, framed on a beige wall, window shadows
  • The Casquets Lighthouse, Victor Hugo drawing as a 16x24 in print, framed on a beige wall, window shadows
  • The Eddystone Lighthouse, Victor Hugo, the print alone, 200 gsm fine art paper
  • The Casquets Lighthouse, Victor Hugo, the print alone, 200 gsm fine art paper
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Victor Hugo Diptych Wall Art: Two Lighthouse Drawings, 1866

Victor Hugo Diptych Wall Art: Two Lighthouse Drawings, 1866

€159,00 EUR
€159,00 EUR
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The Eddystone Lighthouse and The Casquets Lighthouse: two drawings by Victor Hugo, both signed in 1866, as a diptych. Two 16x24 in (40x60 cm) fine art prints at the same scale, made to hang side by side.

Why do these two lighthouses belong together?

Hugo drew them the same year, while writing The Man Who Laughs. In the novel, a ship in distress passes the Casquets at night, a cluster of rocks west of Alderney, and the chapter named after them also mentions the Eddystone lighthouse off Plymouth. On paper the two towers answer each other: one baroque, covered with balconies and flags, the other drowned in spray and darkness.

Both prints share the same layout: the whole drawing on a white ground, at the same height, so the two lighthouses line up once hung.

Did Victor Hugo draw?

Yes, all his life. The author of Les Misérables left thousands of drawings in ink, pen and wash, often made for himself alone. The originals of these two lighthouses are held by the Maison de Victor Hugo.

How much wall space does this diptych need?

Two 16-inch-wide prints hung 2 to 3 inches apart cover about 3 feet of wall: above a desk or a console, in an entryway or a library.

What makes these fine art prints different?

A 200 gsm fine art paper, matte and uncoated, FSC certified, and 12-color printing to render the deep blacks and the browns of the wash. A gift for anyone who loves Victor Hugo, the sea or lighthouses, for Christmas or a birthday.

Details

  • 2 fine art prints, 16x24 in (40x60 cm), portrait, 200 gsm matte uncoated paper
  • 12-color printing
  • Frames not included: 16x24 in is a standard frame size
  • Printed and shipped from a studio near you: most orders arrive in 5 business days.

Each drawing is also sold on its own: The Eddystone Lighthouse and The Casquets Lighthouse, and the full series in our Victor Hugo prints.

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This is a fine art print on 200 gsm paper, 0.26 mm thick, matte and uncoated. Denser than poster paper, its soft surface does not catch the light, and the 12-color printing renders the shades the eye looks for up close.

  • Fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • 12-color printing
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