Victor HUGO (1802-1885). 2 photographs with autograph captions, [Brussels 1867]; albumen prints 25.5x18 and 24.5x18cm on 33x24.5cm card stock (framed). Beautiful photographs taken by Bertall in Brussels in 1867. Hugo wrote under his photograph of him standing with his right hand resting on the back of an armchair: "Asking Louis Bonaparte what he thinks of Napoleon le Petit". Under the other photograph, showing him seated in the armchair, holding a book in his right hand, he wrote: "Regardant entrer le coup d'état".