# L'Eclair (Lightning)

- By: Victor Hugo (French, 1802 - 1885)
- Date: 1868
- Medium: etching in black on laid paper (facing _L'Eclair_ by Paul Meurice)
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: plate: 21.7 x 14.5 cm (8 9/16 x 5 11/16 in.) ; page size: 35.5 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Gift of Richard A. Simms, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.72102.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/1ff57037-558b-4baf-9c6e-ee66d21f3911/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)