HUGO Victor Hugo (1802-1885) writer; poet; playwright and French politician; member of the Académie Française; considered the father of Romanticism in France. Caricature of Georges Lafosse (1844-1880) from "The Trombinoscope" political satirical magazine of Léon-Charles Bienvenu; said Touchatout (1835 -1910); Monograph No. 25; Imprimerie Vallée; Paris; February 1872