Chimborazo and El Altar from Riobamba, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: July 13, 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of the mountains Chimborazo and El Altar from Riobamba, Ecuador, with cloudy, varied sky above. Scene sketchily rendered, mostly comprising of an outlined horizon featuring the peak of Chimborazo at center left. El Altar is faintly visible in the background at right. Above, a variety of cloud types stretch across the sky.
place: label: place depicted
content: Ecuador
label: made in
content: Riobamba, 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: 1917-4-258
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 tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 35.9 × 55 cm (14 1/8 × 21 5/8 in.)