Snowpeaks Tolima and Ruiz, from the Vicinity of Tequendama Falls, Colombia
date: label: Date
content: June 20-30, 1853
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 volcanoes Tolima and Ruiz from above Tequendama Falls in Colombia. In the immediate foreground, nearby treetops and a single dead tree are visible along the lower margin. In the middle distance at lower center, the cliffs surrounding Tequendama Falls are highlighted in white gouache, while the falls themselves are out of view at lower left. At center, a heavily wooded and rounded hilltop is visible, while at right, a rugged mountain ridge descends toward the center. Other craggy peaks frame the view in the middle distance at far left. In the background at center, the snow-capped volcanoes known as Tolima (left) and Ruiz (right) create bulges on an otherwise flat horizon.
place: label: place depicted
content: Colombia
label: made in
content: Colombia
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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: 1917-4-65
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 and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.1 × 45.8 cm (11 7/8 × 18 1/16 in.)