Orizaba, Mexico
date: label: Date
content: February–April 1889
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of the city of Orizaba, Mexico, and surrounding mountains. In the middle distance at center, a large church with a red dome--possibly the Parroquia de San Juan de Dios--is visible atop a short prominence. Mountain ranges surround the city, with the immense peak known as Tres Cruces shown in the background at center, capped by a loosely rendered bank of clouds.
label: Description
content: Verso: Atmosphere sketch from Mexico showing a view of the sun shining through a thin layer of hazy clouds.
place: label: made in
content: Orizaba, Mexico
label: place depicted
content: Orizaba, Mexico
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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: 1917-4-1128
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: 10.2 × 17.6 cm (4 × 6 15/16 in.)