Victor HUGO - Letter on the death of his son
Victor HUGO (1802 - 1885), French writer
Autograph letter signed with his initials. December 27 (1873); 1 page in-12 °. Letter imaged on the left half, ink slightly erased in places. Banknote insolated by half
Beautiful and moving letter full of suffering from a father who mourns the death of his son François-Victor, who died of tuberculosis on December 26, 1873: "A touching and touching thank you, I hope I will soon be able to shake the hand who wrote these beautiful and noble worms. Alas, my name is Deuil. Luctus dum [in mourning]… ”
“Alas, my name is mourning. Luctus dum ”. The life of Victor Hugo although illuminated with glory was also the drama of a father who never recovered from the tragic death of his daughter Léopoldine, pregnant, which occurred on September 4, 1843. While she was gone with her husband, Charles Vacquerie, sailing on the Seine, Victor Hugo was, during this time, on a romantic getaway in Spain with his young mistress Juliette Drouet. He suddenly learned of the drama in the newspapers. He expiated his suffering by writing, one of the most beautiful illustrations is his poem "Tomorrow at dawn ..." which expresses all the suffering of a bereaved father. Later, on March 13, 1871, he lost his eldest son Charles, who died suddenly of a stroke in Bordeaux, while traveling in a cab to join him at the restaurant. Then two years later it was the turn of his second son, François-Victor, who died of tuberculosis at the age of forty-five. François-Victor had launched two newspapers of political controversy with his brother and his father. He had subsequently followed his father into his exile after the coup d'état of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. He is the author of famous photographs of his father and his entourage of this time. Only the youngest, Adèle, survived him. However, his life was a tragedy. Following a huge romantic failure with Albert Pinson, met in Guernsey, which her father did not want to hear about, she sank into a serious depression assimilated to madness. Victor Hugo, after the death of his first three children and his wife, resigned himself to interning Adèle in 1872. She remained locked up until her death in 1915, her internment lasted 43 years.
Autograph letter signed with his initials. December 27 (1873); 1 page in-12 °. Letter imaged on the left half, ink slightly erased in places. Banknote insolated by half
Beautiful and moving letter full of suffering from a father who mourns the death of his son François-Victor, who died of tuberculosis on December 26, 1873: "A touching and touching thank you, I hope I will soon be able to shake the hand who wrote these beautiful and noble worms. Alas, my name is Deuil. Luctus dum [in mourning]… ”
“Alas, my name is mourning. Luctus dum ”. The life of Victor Hugo although illuminated with glory was also the drama of a father who never recovered from the tragic death of his daughter Léopoldine, pregnant, which occurred on September 4, 1843. While she was gone with her husband, Charles Vacquerie, sailing on the Seine, Victor Hugo was, during this time, on a romantic getaway in Spain with his young mistress Juliette Drouet. He suddenly learned of the drama in the newspapers. He expiated his suffering by writing, one of the most beautiful illustrations is his poem "Tomorrow at dawn ..." which expresses all the suffering of a bereaved father. Later, on March 13, 1871, he lost his eldest son Charles, who died suddenly of a stroke in Bordeaux, while traveling in a cab to join him at the restaurant. Then two years later it was the turn of his second son, François-Victor, who died of tuberculosis at the age of forty-five. François-Victor had launched two newspapers of political controversy with his brother and his father. He had subsequently followed his father into his exile after the coup d'état of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. He is the author of famous photographs of his father and his entourage of this time. Only the youngest, Adèle, survived him. However, his life was a tragedy. Following a huge romantic failure with Albert Pinson, met in Guernsey, which her father did not want to hear about, she sank into a serious depression assimilated to madness. Victor Hugo, after the death of his first three children and his wife, resigned himself to interning Adèle in 1872. She remained locked up until her death in 1915, her internment lasted 43 years.
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