Puracé from Popayán, Colombia and Landscape Study, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: August 10, 27 1853
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing two views of mountainous terrain in Colombia and Ecuador. Composition divided horizontally by a line at middle. Above, the distant, snow-capped peak of Purace emerges from behind other mountain peaks, as viewed from the Colombian city of Popoyan. Below, a view looking down on a series of sharp and rugged mountain ridges in Ecuador is visible.
place: label: made in
content: Popayan, Colombia and Ecuador
label: place depicted
content: Popayan, Colombia and Ecuador, South America
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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: 1917-4-774-b
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 white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.4 × 19.7 cm (4 7/8 × 7 3/4 in.)