The Illinizas, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: July 3, 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch of the twin peaks of the mountain Illiniza in Ecuador. Shown at center, the sharp peaks are snow-covered, and various cliffs and ravines are visible. The mountain's lower slopes extend horizontally across the composition and are shown in shadow. At lower right, a small study of paramo grass and, below, a small drawing of a thatched roof.
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: 1917-4-259
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 gray-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.1 × 43.2 cm (12 1/4 in. × 17 in.)