Landscape Near Guaranda, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: June 5, 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and figure sketch showing a view of the mountainous terrain near Guaranda, Ecuador. In the rugged, partially wooded foreground, four figures are present–two sit near center while one walks away nearby. At lower right, a figure wearing a hat approaches the others. In middle distance, a dramatic, wooded prominence serves as central focus (known as El Penon or "The Rock" to local inhabitants). A river, rendered in white gouache, winds its way around the base of the prominence. Various human-made structures visible along river bank at left. In landscape beyond, cultivated fields are visible. A sharp mountain range stretches across the background. At upper right, three floating figure studies.
place: label: place depicted
content: Ecuador
label: made in
content: Guaranda, 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: 1917-4-210
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 paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.5 × 46.3 cm (12 in. × 18 1/4 in.)