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Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador
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Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · September 1853 or June 1857 · Oil and graphite on tan paperboard

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Chimborazo and a valley near Guaranda in Ecuador. The mountain's rounded, snow-capped summit peaks over a range of rugged brown mountains as low-lying clouds hang at upper left. In the foreground, a figure wearing a red serape is shown at lower center, and seemingly looks at the mountain. At right, hacienda buildings are visible, while, at left, a rise in the terrain is cultivated with agricultural crops. The middle distance comprises of rolling green and brown, mountainous terrain that extend to the rugged mountain range beyond. The sky above is a warm tone of orange-yellow.

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Credit lineMount Chimborazo, Ecuador. September 1853 or June 1857. Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Louis P. Church. CC0.

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