Cayambé, Morning, from the Panecillo in 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 of the volcano known as Cayambe, viewed from Quito, Ecuador in the morning. At upper center, the mountain peak rises above others nearby. A line of clouds stretches across middle portion of composition, separating foreground from middle distance. Other valleys and hills visible in foreground. At lower left, upper portions of a church are visible, including a belltower and dome.
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: 1917-4-738
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 white gouache on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 17.6 × 25.9 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)