Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: September 1853 or June 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Chimborazo and a valley near Guaranda in Ecuador. The mountain's rounded, snow-capped summit peaks over a range of rugged brown mountains as low-lying clouds hang at upper left. In the foreground, a figure wearing a red serape is shown at lower center, and seemingly looks at the mountain. At right, hacienda buildings are visible, while, at left, a rise in the terrain is cultivated with agricultural crops. The middle distance comprises of rolling green and brown, mountainous terrain that extend to the rugged mountain range beyond. The sky above is a warm tone of orange-yellow.
place: label: place depicted
content: Ecuador, South America
label: made in
content: Ecuador or USA
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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: 1917-4-1296-a
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 23.7 × 44.5 cm (9 5/16 × 17 1/2 in.)