Cathedral at Popayán, Colombia
date: label: Date
content: August 5, 1853
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architecture sketch showing a view of a cathedral in Popayán, Colombia--possibly the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption. The cathedral's lantern-topped dome and ornate tower are visible at center, above the apsidal end of the cathedral, which is shown from behind. The sprawling building is roofed in terra cotta tiles, which are also used atop other buildings in the foreground at right. At lower center, the tops of trees or bushes are included.
place: label: place depicted
content: Popayán, Colombia
label: made in
content: Popayán, Colombia
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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: 1917-4-93
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.4 × 19.8 cm (4 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.)