Victor Hugo in Candie Gardens, St Peter Port, Guernsey

The notice in Candie Gardens, St Peter Port, explaining the history of the statue of Hugo:

'Statue of Victor Hugo Unveiled on 7^th July 1914. This statue was produced c.1913 by Jean Boucher for the Société Victor Hugo and was purchased by the French government for 30,000 francs (£1,291). The statue was shipped to Guernsey and was transported from the harbour to Candie Gardens on a trolley pulled by a steamroller. It was mounted on a block of Guernsey granite carved by local stonemasons.'

Around the statue:

'....... AU ROCHER D'HOSPITALITÉ ET DE LIBERTÉ
À CE COIN DE VIEILLE TERRE NORMANDE
OÙ VIT LE NOBLE PETIT PEUPLE DE LA MER
A L'ÎLE DE GUERESEY SÉVÈRE ET DOUCE.....

                                                                                 V.H.'

'DON DE LA FRANCE À L'ANGLETERRE

ET À L'ÎLE DE GUERNESEY

––––––––––––

CE MONUMENT, ŒUVRE DE JEAN BOUCHER,

À ÉTÉ ÉRIGÉ

LE 7 JUILLET 1914,

PAR LES SOiNS DE LA SOCIÉTÉ VICTOR HUGO,

EN PRÉSENCE DE

MAUGAGNEUR, MINISTRE DE L'INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE,

REPRÉSENTANT LE GOUVERNEMENT DE LA

RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE'

A mural on Best Western Moores Central Hotel, Le Pollet, St Peter Port,  shows important figures in the history of Guernsey. Victor Hugo, of course, is one of them:

Peter Le Lievre, St Peter Port, Guernsey

'Peter

Le Lievre

1812 – 1878

Artist

lived here'

Unmarried Le Lievre lived at 17 Hauteville, St Peter Port, with his two sisters. The plaque is just a few paces from Victor Hugo's Hauteville House.

Victor Hugo's Hauteville House, St Peter Port, Guernsey

Hauteville House, St Peter Port, Guernsey, the Channel Island where Victor Hugo lived in exile between 1855 and 1870. Exile is written throughout the house, where Hugo installed a collection of his findings, making this a treasure trove, indeed a museum, where he wrote and drew, carved out the names of great authors, welcomed the poor and fed them, and above all wrote many of his great works from his 'look-out'. It has belonged to the city of Paris since 1927.

Hauteville House from the back garden.

The billards room.

Shakespeare's name is misspelt.

Hugo's dark room.

The red room.

Hugo's bedroom.

'The Look-Out'.

'"Hauteville Fairy"

Première maison

de Victor Hugo à Guernesey

de 1855 à 1856

et demeure de Juliette Drouet

à partir de 1864'

Hugo's mistress lived just a few houses down from the Hugo household.

My Victor Hugo posts:
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Victor Hugo's Hauteville House, Guernsey
Victor Hugo, Place des Vosges
Victor Hugo in Bièvres
Victor Hugo in Candie Gardens, St Peter Port, Guernsey
Émilie de Putron in Foulon Cemetery, Guernsey