Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Victor Hugo NPG D9804

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Honoré Daumier

Victor Hugo was asked to chair the conference, which was organised by the leaders of the Peace Society and Richard Cobden, because of his respected reputation in France as a successful novelist and idealistic member of the Legislative Assembly. Critical of Hugo's use of grandiose rhetoric in his emotive speeches, Daumier undermined his reported eloquence by highlighting his staged mannerisms. 'Victor Hugo, in a speech in three parts, demonstrates the emptiness of military glory, and proves by example that the laurel wreath can be... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.