Editing Victor Hugo (section)

==Drawings==
Hugo produced more than 4,000 drawings, with about 3,000 drawings still in existence. Originally pursued as a casual hobby, drawing became more important to Hugo shortly before his exile when he made the decision to stop writing to devote himself to politics. Drawing became his exclusive creative outlet between 1848 and 1851.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor Hugo's Drawings {{!}} Maisons Victor Hugo |url=https://www.maisonsvictorhugo.paris.fr/en/paris/collections/victor-hugos-drawings |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=www.maisonsvictorhugo.paris.fr |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Schindel |first=Daniel |date=20 September 2018 |title=Victor Hugo's Hidden Drawings: Was the 'Les Mis' Author Also One of the Greatest Artists of His Time? |language=en-US |work=[[Observer Media]] |url=https://observer.com/2018/09/rarely-seen-victor-hugo-drawings-las-hammer-museum/ |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>

Hugo worked only on paper, and on a small scale; usually in dark brown or black [[pen and ink|pen-and-ink]] wash, sometimes with touches of white, and rarely with colour.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prodger |first=Michael |date=12 January 2022 |title=The sinister art of Victor Hugo |language=en-US |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/art-design/2022/01/the-sinister-art-of-victor-hugo |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>