Puracé Volcano, Colombia and Mt. Sincholagua, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: August 9 and September 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 two views of the volcano in Colombia known as Puracé and the mountain Ecuador called Sincholagua. In the upper half, the wide and snow-capped peak of Puracé is visible beyond rugged mountain ridges and foothills that intercede. In the lower half at right, the craggy and snow-capped summit of Sincholagua is shown in a loosely rendered sketch.
place: label: place depicted
content: Colombia
label: place depicted
content: Ecuador
label: made in
content: Colombia and 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: 1917-4-126
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: 12.4 × 20 cm (4 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.)