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Drawing, A Road in a Village

This is a Drawing. It was created by Charles Nicolas Ransonnette. It is dated ca. 1850 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite, black crayon on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

10.7 × 15.5 cm (4 3/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

It is signed

The signature is below, at left: Chs Ransonnette, written in ink [the name was inscribed previously in graphite]; on verso: Chles Ransonnette

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower right: G. R.

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Road in a Village; Charles Nicolas Ransonnette (French, 1793 - 1877); France; graphite, black crayon on paper; 10.7 × 15.5 cm (4 3/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1340

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