Valley and Mountains near Guaranda, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: June 4, 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 a valley and mountains near the Ecuadorian town of Guaranda. At right, an immense, bulging mountainside descends into the middle distance at center, where a group of dark hills are visible. In the foreground at center left, several houses are visible around treeless, cultivated terrain. At lower left, a wide stream snakes its way through a shallow gorge with houses on its heavily wooded slopes. Rolling terrain extends from the middle distance into the background, where a large, rugged mountain ascends to a sharp peak at upper right. A snow-capped summit, possibly that of Chimborazo, peeks over this ridge at upper center. Rolling mountain ranges continue into the distance at left.
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: 1917-4-204
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, brush and white gouache on light brown wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 34.8 × 54.6 cm (13 11/16 × 21 1/2 in.)