Chimborazo from the Rio Guayas, 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 and botanical sketch from Ecuador showing views of snow-capped peak from a river and two sketches of vines with leaves, at left. At right, in the foreground, the river's water extends to the middle distance, where it meets the heavily wooded bank. A rugged jungle extends to the background, where the snow peak looms above the surrounding landscape while clouds gather at its base.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and architectural sketch showing views of a houseboat and mountainous river landscape in Ecuador. At upper left, a sketch of a houseboat with a floating flower garden is visible. An outline of the same structure is included in the lower left corner. At right, a view of a river island with a large cross is visible. Large mountains rise in the background.
place: label: made in
content: Ecuador
label: place depicted
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: 1917-4-823
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 off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 10.8 × 18.5 cm (4 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.)