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1938

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Drawing, A Country House

This is a Drawing. It was created by Charles Nicolas Ransonnette. It is dated 1825–1840 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray and brown wash 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

9.5 × 17 cm (3 3/4 × 6 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed, lower left: Ches Ransonnette

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, on verso of second mounting paper: G R

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Country House; Charles Nicolas Ransonnette (French, 1793 - 1877); France; pen and ink, brush and gray and brown wash on tissue paper; 9.5 × 17 cm (3 3/4 × 6 11/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1370

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