Chimborazo at Sunset, 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 sketch of the Ecuadorian stratovolcano, Chimborazo and surrounding terrain at sunset. At upper right, sketchy outline of mountain peak. At center right, Chimborazo bulges above nearby landscape, flanked by clouds on either side The sun begins to dip below the horizon at center left while a darkened cloud hangs above. Lower margin inscribed with color notations and reference legend.
place: label: place depicted
content: Ecuador, South America
label: probably 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: 1917-4-1337
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: 19.9 × 35.6 cm (7 13/16 in. × 14 in.)