Chimborazo and Carihuairazo, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: possibly September 17, 1853
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Unfinished landscape sketch showing a view of the mountain Chimborazo and the volcano Carihuairazo in Ecuador, likely seen from near the town of San Juan, west of Riobamba. In the foreground, the nearby hillside, covered in a patchwork of cultivated fields, descends from right to left at lower right. The valley floor extends into the middle distance at center, while the hills on the opposite side of the valley are rendered only in graphite. In the middle distance, the terrain rises abruptly and meet the rugged furrows of Chimborazo at its base. The mountain's two peaks are rendered only in graphite. In the background at right, the volcano Carihuairazo is visible, partially covered in snow. The sky above at right is clear, while it is unrendered at left. In a diary entry from this trip, the artist notes that a thunderstorm cut him short and drove him down the hill. The blank spot at upper left may be the oncoming thunderstorm that he was unable to paint.
place: label: made in
content: near San Juan, 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: 1917-4-790
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 thin paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 23.8 × 43.6 cm (9 3/8 × 17 3/16 in.)