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Drawing, A Cemetery in a Village

This is a Drawing. It was created by Charles Nicolas Ransonnette. It is dated 1840–1870 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite, brush and wash, pen and ink on tissue 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

18.6 × 26 cm (7 5/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed, lower left: Chles Ransonnette

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Cemetery in a Village; Charles Nicolas Ransonnette (French, 1793 - 1877); France; graphite, brush and wash, pen and ink on tissue paper; 18.6 × 26 cm (7 5/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1373

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