Chimborazo and Carihuairazo from Riobamba, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: 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 view of the volcanoes Chimborazo and Carihuairazo from the city of Riobamba, Ecuador. In the foreground, a house is nestled among green vegetation at right while other foliage and terrain is loosely rendered at left. The middle distance is an indistinct expanse of brown terrain. In the background at center, the snow-capped Chimborazo looms over the landscape as its rugged peak is crowned in a bank of clouds. In the distance at right, the similarly snow-capped volcano known as Carihuairazo is prominently visible. The sky above is a rich, saturated shade of greenish blue.
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: 1917-4-704
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: 29.1 × 44.3 cm (11 7/16 × 17 7/16 in.)