Landscape near Latacunga, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: June 17, 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 view of the terrain near the town now called Latacunga, Ecuador. Rocks and grass comprise foreground. In middle distance, a wide mountain valley stretches across the composition, with a deeply cut river bed stretching toward a mountainous background. House visible atop bluff at left. Town or village visible in background at right. Flat plain extends into distance, where it meets hills and mountains. View of same seen, though partially rendered, visible below along lower margin.
place: label: place depicted
content: near Latacunga, Ecuador
label: made in
content: near Latacunga, 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: 1917-4-240
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 tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.1 × 44.4 cm (12 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.)