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Drawing, Houses of a Town at the Edge of a Rocky Shore

This is a Drawing. It was created by Charles Nicolas Ransonnette and Eugène Edouard Soulès. It is dated ca. 1840 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

21.3 × 29.5 cm (8 3/8 × 11 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

In the right lower corner the red rubber stamp: "VENTE/E. SOULÈS."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Houses of a Town at the Edge of a Rocky Shore; Charles Nicolas Ransonnette (French, 1793 - 1877), Eugène Edouard Soulès (French, 1811–1876); France; graphite on paper; 21.3 × 29.5 cm (8 3/8 × 11 5/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-201

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