Mountainous Landscape with a Figure, Mexico
date: label: Date
content: April 30, 1885
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing the mountainous terrain of Mexico with a figure in the foreground who sits cross-legged as they hold something in their lap. Flat terrain extends through the middle distance and into the background where a shaded range of foothills is backdropped by an extensive and rugged range of tall, sharp mountains. A group of trees is visible in the middle distance at far right. Puffy clouds are loosely rendered above.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing the mountainous terrain of Mexico across a wide valley or plain. Flat, partially shaded topography comprises the foreground and middle distance, while a rugged mountain range with sharp peaks is visible in the background. In the sky, a few puffy clouds are illuminated by the setting sun, which radiates sunbeams in all directions just above the ridge.
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: 1917-4-1069
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; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 10.1 × 17.5 cm (4 × 6 7/8 in.)