VALENTIN GUILLON (1855-1945), photographer at 3 Vauvert St., - Lot 3

VALENTIN GUILLON (1855-1945), photographer at 3 Vauvert St., Guernsey. VICTOR HUGO, in the garden of Hauteville House in GUERNESEY, surrounded by family and friends, during his last trip to Guernsey. Summer 1878. Original vintage print, on albumen paper, mounted on blue paper and on the cardboard of an old frame. Photograph format. 18.5 x 24.1 cm. Size of mount. 29 x 35 cm. Condition report. Excellent condition of the print with very beautiful tonalities. Provenance: Family through descent from Richard Lesclide (1825-1892) writer, pressman, friend and volunteer secretary to Victor Hugo (Richard Lesclide appears on the right of the photograph). Hauteville House was Victor Hugo's home from 1855 to 1870, during his period of exile. He returned to the house three times after his return to France in 1870: a whole year in 1872, a week in April 1875, and almost four months in 1878. Pictured left to right: Julie Chenay, his sister-in-law née Foucher; Mme Aline Ménard-Dorian (future mother-in-law of Georges Hugo), seated in front of her Pauline Ménard-Dorian (future wife of Georges Hugo), Edouard Lockroy (second husband of Alice Hugo), Alice Lockroy née Lehaene (widow of Charles Hugo), Georges Hugo seated in front of his mother, Jeanne Hugo next to him, Victor Hugo, Juliette Drouet and Richard Lesclide on the right.