Hill of the Temple of the Sun (Panecillo), Quito, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: June 23, 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 view of the Hill of the Temple of the Sun in Quito, Ecuador, also known as the Panecillo. In foreground, buildings of the city are visible in front of the round hill, which rises in the middle distance. Scant structures are visible atop hill. In the background, a suggestion of a mountainous landscape is visible. In upper left, a vignette illustration of hillside with cloud-filled skies is included.
place: label: made in
content: Quito, Ecuador
label: place depicted
content: Quito, 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: 1917-4-739
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 tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 17.7 × 25.7 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)