Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, Graphite Drawing

A graphite drawing of Gothic towers rising above rooftops, with twin belfries with pointed arched openings on the left and a tall, slender turret with a conical roof on the right. Fine hatched shading gives the stone walls and slate roofs texture, and a visible seam runs across the pale paper where two sheets are joined.

Artist

Charles Nicolas Ransonnette

Date

1825–1840

Medium

Graphite, black crayon on two pieces of paper pasted together

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1514 × 2461 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum