Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris1825–1840
View from the east transept toward the towers of the façade. More about this work
About this work
View from the east transept toward the towers of the façade.
Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
What you’re looking at
CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME IN PARIS
Description from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
How it was made
- Graphite
- Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.
Charles Nicolas Ransonnette
French, 1793–1877
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1931-66-88
- Credit
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Type
- Drawing
- Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
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