• The Casquets Lighthouse by Victor Hugo, 1866 ink and gouache drawing, the print alone on 200 gsm fine art paper
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Victor Hugo Art Print: The Casquets Lighthouse Drawing, 1866

Victor Hugo Art Print: The Casquets Lighthouse Drawing, 1866

€89,50 EUR
€89,50 EUR
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A lighthouse drowned in spray, a night of ink, and the sea climbing the rocks. A drawing signed by Victor Hugo in 1866, as a large fine art print.

What does The Casquets Lighthouse show?

The Casquets are a cluster of rocks west of Alderney, in the Channel Islands, notorious for shipwrecks. Hugo was living in exile on nearby Guernsey. He drew their lighthouse in 1866 with pen, brush and even feather barbs, in ink and gouache on wove paper. The original, 35 3/8 x 18 7/8 in (89.8 x 48 cm), is held by the Maison de Victor Hugo.

How is it linked to The Man Who Laughs?

Hugo made this drawing while writing The Man Who Laughs. In the novel, a ship in distress passes the Casquets at night: the chapter bears their name. The Eddystone Lighthouse, drawn the same year, is named in the same chapter. The two sheets answer each other.

Did Victor Hugo draw?

Yes, all his life. The author of Les Misérables left thousands of drawings in ink and wash, often made for himself alone. His lighthouses and stormy seas are among the most powerful.

What makes this fine art print different?

The paper, first. A 200 gsm (80 lb) fine art paper, 0.26 mm thick, matte and uncoated: denser than poster paper, with a soft, glare-free surface. It is FSC certified.

The printing, second: 12 colors instead of the usual 4, to render the deep blacks, the browns of the wash and the flashes of white. The file is prepared from the museum's high-definition scan: up close, the pen strokes are still legible.

Where should you hang it?

Its portrait format stands alone in an entryway, above a desk or in a library. With The Eddystone Lighthouse, it makes a diptych: Hugo's two lighthouses side by side, at the same scale. It is also a gift for anyone who loves Victor Hugo, the sea or lighthouses, for Christmas or a birthday.

Details

  • 16 x 24 in (40 x 60 cm), portrait, frame not included
  • Drawing 11.4 x 21.2 in (29 x 54 cm) on a white ground, at the same scale as The Eddystone Lighthouse
  • 200 gsm fine art paper, matte, uncoated, FSC certified
  • 12-color printing
  • Print medium: art print on fine art paper
  • Theme: ink drawing, literature, Victor Hugo, the sea
  • Printed and shipped from a studio near you: most orders arrive in 5 business days.

When to give this print

This lighthouse in the night is a gift for a Victor Hugo reader, a literature teacher, a sailor or anyone who loves the Channel Islands : for Christmas, Father's Day, a birthday, a retirement or a house by the sea. With The Eddystone Lighthouse, it makes a diptych.

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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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