Volcano Puracé and the Rio de Vinagre, Colombia
date: label: Date
content: August 1853
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 volcano Puracé and the valley of the Rio de Vinagre in Colombia. Extremely steep mountainsides in the foreground at left descend to the river, highlighted in white gouache, which winds through a narrow valley at lower right. A plateau with sporadic houses comprises the central and left middle distance, while rolling, mountainouse terrain extends into the background, where a smoking Puracé is visible at left. The volcano helps form a sharp, serrated horizon.
place: label: made in
content: near Puracé, Colombia
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-111
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 and white gouache on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.8 × 45.8 cm (12 1/2 × 18 1/16 in.)