Victor Hugo, French novelist, in exile in Guernsey, 1866. Artist: Unknown

Victor Hugo, French novelist, in exile in Guernsey, 1866. Victor Hugo with, amongst others, Juliette Drouet, and his grandchildren Georges and Jeanne Hugo. Hugo was a central figure in the French Romantic movement. In 1848, the year of revolutions in Europe, he was elected to the Assembly as a Republican but after Napoleon III's coup d'etat he was sent into exile, living in Guernsey in the Channel Islands until 1870. An actress, Juliette Drouet was his mistress. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 8th album, Editions MD, Paris.

ABUELO • ACTOR DRAMATICO • ACTOR • ACTRIZ • ACTUANDO • AMANTE (MUJER) • ARTES • AUTOR • BLANCO Y NEGRO • CHICO • DAMA • DIVERSION • DROUET • ENTRETENIMIENTO • ESCRITOR • EXILIO • FAMILIA • FRANCES • FRANCIA • GENTE • HOMBRE • HOMBRES • JULIETA • LITERATURA • MASCULINO • MATRIMONIO • MONOCHROME • MONOCROMO • MUJER • MUJERES • NIETA • NINO • NINOS • NIÑO • NOVELISTA • OCUPACION • PAÍS • PROFESIÓN • RETRATO DE FAMILIA • RETRATO DE HOMBRE • ROMANTICISMO • SEATED • SEDENTE • SENTADO • SENTADOS • SIGLO XIX • SIGLO • SITTING • TRABAJO • VESTIDO