Large-Leaved Plant and a Figure, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: probably June 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sketches from Ecuador showing a detailed view of a large-leaved plant and a local figure. Dominating the composition at right, the visibly ribbed leaves of the plant, which may be a xanthosoma (locally termed "elephant ears"), spread out in multiple directs. Two prominently leaves show themslves at left and right. In the upper left corner, a local Ecuadorian individual is shown wearing a colorful ruana and a hat.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1917-4-226
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: 10.9 × 18.5 cm (4 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.)