Cotopaxi Erupting Behind Rumiñahui, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: June–July 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of the Ecuadorian volcano known as Cotopaxi erupting behind the craggy mountain, Rumiñahui. Viewed across a largely unrendered valley in the foreground and middle distance, the rugged foothills of Rumiñahui ascend to the mountain's rocky, serrated summit at center right. Several sharp peaks are visible throughout the extensive foothills that spread across the composition. Prominently visible in the background at center left, the conical stratovolcano known as Cotopaxi erupts and sends an immense, billowing plume of ash and smoke high into the sky. The plume drifts to the right and fades as it is carried by the wind.
place: label: place depicted
content: Ecuador
label: made in
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: 1917-4-101-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 light brown wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.7 × 54.7 cm (12 1/16 × 21 9/16 in.)