Cotopaxi and Cayambe from Quito, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: June 24, 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 two views of Cayambe and an erupting Cotopaxi from Quito, Ecuador. At center, one panoramic view includes Cayambe at far left, viewed beyond the neighborhood of Guapulo and the interceding rugged terrain. Separately rendered at upper left, the volcano Cotopaxi is shown erupting as it sends its smoke across the sky along the upper portion of the composition.
place: label: made in
content: Quito, 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: 1917-4-843
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: 27.4 × 45.5 cm (10 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.)