Roofs and Treetops in Ambato, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: June 17, 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 roofs and treetops in Ambato, Ecuador and the surrounding, mountainous landscape. In the foreground at center, a portion of a tiled roof is visible at right with an awning that leads to a thatched roof at left. Behind them, multiple trees are visible including one--at center--that is particularly tall. At lower left, a small sketch of a man wearing a brimmed hat and a bandana is visible beside four trees that resemble cypresses.
place: label: place depicted
content: Ecuador
label: made in
content: Ambato, 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: 1917-4-237
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: 26.2 × 29.8 cm (10 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.)