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Wonderfully intimate: The Drawings of Victor Hugo, at the RA, reviewed

Most of these mysterious, high-spirited doodles were never intended for display and were instead a way back into his written work

Hermione Eyre
Menacing mushroom: a 1850 drawing by Victor Hugo in pen and ink, charcoal, crayon, and gouache CCØ PARIS MUSÉES / MAISONS DE VICTOR HUGO
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 05 April 2025
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