East Bank of the Guayas River, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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: Landscape study showing two views of the Guayas River and the bank opposite the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. At lower right, the nearby shore is shown with a fence, a palm tree, and other vegetation. The opposite bank is faintly rendered in the distance and lower center. In upper portion of composition, a more detailed view of the opposite bank is visible, with a house at upper right and four tall palm trees at upper center. Sketch of a standing figure viewed from the rear is included upper left.
label: Description
content: Verso: Botanical studies showing four views of different trees and plants, separated by lines. Young bamboo plants are shown at upper right with a view of four trees with high canopies at upper left. Below, at left, vines are shown hanging from a structure of some sort, while a group of trees is visible lower right.
place: label: place depicted
content: opposite Guayaquil, 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: 1917-4-200
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
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: Sheet: 10.9 x 18.1 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.)