Victor Hugo
1867
Meet the bobblehead version of literary legend Victor Hugo, drawn by his friend Étienne Carjat! Notice the gigantic head? That’s Carjat’s clever way of showing off Hugo’s massive intellect and ego, shrinking his body to make the brain look even more imposing. He’s standing on a rocky coast with arms crossed, looking delightfully grumpy—a perfect reference to his 15-year exile in the Channel Islands where he refused to return to France until the empire fell.
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