Mixed Sketches, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: May–August 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mixed sketches showing views of a sandy river bank, a thatched structure, and vegetation covered in vines in Ecuador. At upper left, a sandy river bank with numerous tree roots is visible. A long thatched structure with an overhanging second floor and plaster-walled first floor is show at upper right. Below, two studies of vine-covered trees are visible.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and architecture sketch from Ecuador showing a view of several buildings from a slight distance, likely from the middle of a river. A large structure is visible at center with a spire or other tower at right. Silhouette of mountain ridge comprises background.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1917-4-886
objectType: 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; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 10.9 × 18.1 cm (4 5/16 × 7 1/8 in.)