Chimborazo, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: probably May–August 1857
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 partially veiled view of the volcano known as Chimborazo in Ecuador. The middle distance comprises of rugged, brown, and barren mountainous terrain that stretches horizontally across the composition. In the background at center, the conical, snow-capped peak of Chimborazo is visible through a dense bank of low-lying clouds, which appear to be breaking up to reveal a view of the blue sky at left.
place: label: made in
content: Ecuador
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-788
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 18.7 × 25.6 cm (7 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)