Sunset at Sea, Ecuador, Part Five
date: label: Date
content: May 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Meteorological sketch showing part five of a panoramic view of billowing rain clouds over the ocean near Ecuador. Below, in the foreground, the ocean surface extends to the horizon. Above, a large thunderhead pours rain and casts a shadow on the water at center right. At left, the clear sky is visible through several other large, puffy clouds.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and botanical sketches showing views of a hilly coastline in Ecuador with two structures, visible along the upper margin, and three different palm trees--one with a looped trunk--visible center and center left.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1917-4-840-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; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 10.8 × 18.4 cm (4 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.)