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Drawing, Cotopaxi Erupting Behind Rumiñahui, Ecuador, June–July 1857
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June–July 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light brown wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Louis P. Church.
It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.
Its dimensions are
30.7 × 54.7 cm (12 1/16 × 21 9/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c; in black ink, verso lower left, L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, center: 5 / 5 6 / 6 6 6 / 4 2 3 / 3 3 / 7 8 9; in graphite, lower left: x - Smoke from valley / 2 - Brilliant orange like fire / 3 - Warm luminous laky oranges - / 4 - open sky - Hazy warm pinkish / 5 - Rich warm clear blue / 6 Cirri luminous orange / 7 - Mountain Hazy luminous / 8 - Crater of extinct volcano low toned where / the rim strikes rich color - The Mountain below full / of variety in color - many shades of green - some parts / richly illuminated / 9 - Delicated warm purple - illuminated by the sun; in graphite, lower center: The whole effect splendidly concentrated at 2 & 3
Cite this object as
Drawing, Cotopaxi Erupting Behind Rumiñahui, Ecuador, June–July 1857; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Ecuador; graphite on light brown wove paper; 30.7 × 54.7 cm (12 1/16 × 21 9/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-101-b
