Chimborazo from Riobamba, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: July 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 rolling terrain near the city of Riobamba, Ecuador, with Chimborazo and El Altar in the distance. In the foreground at left, a winding river cuts a gully through the landscape. Middle distance comprised of an elevated plain that extends to the horizon, where the snow-capped Chimborazo towers over the surrounding terrain. At right, the spiky peaks of El Altar are also featured on the horizon.
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: 1917-4-109
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, brush and oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.4 × 45.8 cm (12 3/8 × 18 1/16 in.)