Rugged Mountains, Mexico
date: label: Date
content: April 17, 1889
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 rugged mountains in Mexico, likely witnessed while traveling between Mexico City and Cuautla. Taking up the entire composition, the view comprises of overlapping and successively taller mountain ridges with sharp peaks. A large, rounded peak is visible at upper left, flanked by puffy clouds. Shadows fall on the mountainsides throughout.
place: label: made in
content: Mexico
label: place depicted
content: Mexico
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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: 1917-4-1124
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on off-white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 10.1 × 16.8 cm (4 × 6 5/8 in.)