909615 La mort de Fantine - Illustration from Les Mis矇rables,19th Century (b/w engraving) by Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jean Valjean is arrested by Javert at the side of Fantine??? death bed after disclosing his true identity to save a man thought to be him - Published in Cent dessins : Extraits des oeuvres de Victor Hugo; Victor Marie Hugo (1802 ??1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. ); Prismatic Pictures ; French, out of copyright.