Mount Chimborazo and Guaranda, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: June 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 stratovolcano in Ecuador known as Chimborazo, from the town of Guaranda. Rendered only in graphite, numerous buildings that make up Guaranda--including a church at lower right--are visible in the foreground at lower center and lower right. In the middle distance, a thatched hut is visible atop a shallow ridge while rugged foothills rise behind it. Chimborazo's rugged, snow-capped peak is rendered in great detail as it looms over the scene in the background at upper left. At upper right, a low, gray cloud is visible in an otherwise blue, open sky.
place: label: place depicted
content: Guaranda, Ecuador
label: made in
content: Guaranda, 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: 1917-4-859
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil, graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 34.5 × 53.8 cm (13 9/16 × 21 3/16 in.)