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H Beard Print Collection
18th Century Architectural

About this work

This print shows Paris’s Théâtre Italien in the late 1700s. Pierre Nicolas Ransonnette made it around 1800 using colored ink on paper. It’s one of 277 prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Beard Collection. The artist etched the stage and boxes in soft lines, then added gentle color by hand. It’s a quiet snapshot—no crowds, just empty seats and ornate boxes waiting for the show. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of the Beard Print Collection.

H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

Jean Baptiste Genty
H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

Tessier
H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

Blanchard
H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

Gerard
H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

Basset
H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

Mercereau, C.
H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

Robert Sayer & Co.
H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

Asselineau
H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

Guiguet
Théatre Français

Théatre Français

Unknown
H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

Eugene Dubois
H Beard Print Collection

H Beard Print Collection

A. Sidoli
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