Popocatépetl, Mexico
date: label: Date
content: 1883–1884
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 Popocatépetl from a town in the valley west of the mountain, possibly near Tepetlixpa. In the foreground at lower right, a figure carrying a bundle on their back walks towards a barren, leafless tree. Rolling terrain extends through the middle distance, with a noticeable prominence at left. In the background at center, the lofty, conical peak of Popocatépetl looms over the landscape. A rocky crag or notch on the peak's left side is visible.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architecture and botanical sketch showing views, at left, of two Spanish bayonet or yucca plants, loosely rendered, and, at right, a view of the yellow tiled dome of the Church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Celaya, Mexico. From the dome, the church's nave extends to the left until it encounters an incomplete sketch of the church's belltower.
place: label: made in
content: Celaya, Mexico
label: place depicted
content: Celaya, Mexico
label: place depicted
content: Mexico
label: made in
content: near the town of Tepetlixpa, Mexico
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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: 1917-4-1212
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 light green wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 10.3 × 17.1 cm (4 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)