Cotopaxi Erupting, Viewed from Quito, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: June 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of an erupting Cotopaxi, as seen from the hill known as the Panecillo in Quito, Ecuador. The foreground and middle distance are left unfinished. In the distance at left, the conical peak of Cotopaxi visibly spews plumes of brown and white ash and smoke, which disperse as they drift to the right. Stretching in front of the volcano is the rugged, serrated ridge of the extinct volcano known as Pasochoa. Other sharp, barren ridges are visible at right. The sky above is clear and blue.
place: label: made in
content: Quito, Ecuador
label: place depicted
content: Ecuador
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-773
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17.6 × 28.9 cm (6 15/16 × 11 3/8 in.)