Ecuador | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Horizontal view of volcano Cotopaxi shown from behind a ridge.

Drawing, View of Cotapaxi from the Hacienda San Antonio, Ecuador, August 30,...
graphite, brush and white gouache on greenish paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-94

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Horizontal view of the mountain with the sky and some parts of the peak in a more finished state, while the remainder is only sketched in on a creamy ground color.

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador, July 1857
brush and oil, graphite on brown paper ?.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-703

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Four studies of Mount Chimborazo: top peak, rising in background over clouds and rest of mountain range; lower foreground, snow-covered peak surrounded by clouds and sky; bottom right, two adjacent studies framed by graphite lines. Bottom study, ochre colored foreground with mountainous landscape and green fields.

Drawing, Studies of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador, 1857
brush and oil paint, graphite, on thin paper laminate.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-825

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There are 3 images of this object.

Vertical view of snow-covered Mount Chimborazo rising in far distance, seen from over roof top with cross in lower right foreground.

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo from the House of Senior Pablo Bustamante,...
graphite, brush and white gouache on buff wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-256

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There are 4 images of this object.

Oil sketch of erupting volcano (view in South America).

Drawing, Distant View of the Sangay Volcano, Ecuador, 1857
brush and oil paint, graphite on thin board.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-402

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There are 3 images of this object.

A part of a lake is shown in front of mountains into which "trees" and "rock" are inscribed.

Drawing, Lake, Mojanda Desert, Ecuador, August 29, 1853
graphite on cream wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-772-b

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There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of the mountain range behind which the erupting cone of Cotopaxi rises.

Drawing, Cotapaxi Volcano Erupting Behind Mountain Ranges, Ecuador, 1857
graphite on buff paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-101-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Recto: Horizontal view of a hut standing on posts in a plain, with a woman shown hanging laundry in a roofless wing, beneath which another is another figure and a third one is seated in the hut.

Verso: a tree

Drawing, A Hut on Posts, Guayaquil, Ecuador, May 1857
graphite on paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-196

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view with trees and bushes filling the foreground while a large waterfall gushes at right, a second narrower falls cascades into forest growth at left, and forested mountains fill the distance.

Drawing, Waterfalls Near The Hacienda, Chillo, Ecuador, June 26, 1857
graphite, brush and white gouache on tan paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-247

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of hills, with a pond and a few houses at right seen in the foreground, a valley is visible in the central middleground.

Drawing, Smoke Rising from Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador, 1857
graphite on buff paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-101-a

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There are 2 images of this object.

Snow-covered peak rises in background behind a range. Cultivated mountain country is shown in foreground, a hacienda in bottom right, a man with red serape at bottom center.

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador, 1857
brush and oil paint, traces of graphite on thin paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-1296-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Recto: Horizontal broad view of a river bank with bushes, trees, and a house, and a sketch of the upper part of a walking man shown from the back at top, and a view of a similar river bank seen leading into the background at bottom right.

Verso: Horizontal view of a group of trees, branches of bamboos on top row, and a vine hanging from a scaffold on bottom row, with lines separating the four motifs.

Drawing, Views of the East Bank of the Guayas River, opposite Guayaquil,...
graphite on paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-200

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of snow covered mountain, rising from the left center, whose upper part is hidden by a cloud. Another snow covered peak rises at right in the back. House is shown in the right foreground.

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo Shown From Riobamba, Ecuador, 1857
brush and oil on thin board.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-704

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

A part of a church stands at left upon an elevation. A gate is shown beneath it. A man in a red coat approaches the gate. View across the valley to snow covered peaks rising over the clouds. Study.

Painting, Cathedral, Chillo, Ecuador, June 24, 1857
brush and oil paint on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-789

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There are 3 images of this object.

Horizontal view of the lower part of the Volcano of Purese shown across the mountain ranges at top, and the snow covered peak of Mt. Sincholagua at bottom right.

Drawing, Views of Puresé Volcano, Colombia and Mt. Sincholagua, Ecuador,...
graphite, brush and white gouache on greenish-gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-126

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of the mountain range with the peak rising in the background over low ranges and a valley filled with foliage covered gulley and ravines.

Drawing, View of Mount Pichincha from Chillo, Ecuador, June 26, 1857
graphite on buff paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-246

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

"Cayambe" rising behind a ridge shown from Gugambu near Quito.

Drawing, Mount Cayambe, Ecuador, August 29, 1853
graphite on cream wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-772-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of the valley in the left foreground and middleground with Mount Chimborazo in the left background and a second peak in the right background.

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo, View from Riobamba, Ecuador, July 1857
graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on buff-colored wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-109

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal sketch containing parts of llamas grazing or watching at the top with a framing line beneath, and the moon above a cloudy sky over a mountain range with the El Altar, seen rising above a cloud in the distance.

Drawing, Views of Ecuador: Llamas Grazing and a Cloudy Moon Lit Sky with El...
graphite on brown paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-114

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal group of sketches containing an elevated bank with a group of trees, at top left; tops of trees, at bottom left; details of a ceiba tree, at top right; and leaves, at center right.

Drawing, Riverbank and Botanical Sketches from Higuerote, Ecuador, May 1853 ?
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-118

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a valley, at left, with mountain ranges rising toward the right: a stream, with houses near its bank, flows in lower left corner, with more houses scattered throughout the valley.

Drawing, Valley With a Stream and Houses, near Guaranda, Ecuador, June 4, 1857
graphite, brush and white gouache on greenish gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-204

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of the volcano Tungurahua in Ecuador

Drawing, Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador, June 1857
graphite on gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-211

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of Mount Chimborazo and neighboring mountains with the roofs of two houses and a plateau visible in the foreground.

Drawing, Mount Chimborazo, near Guanojo and Guaranda, Ecuador, June 13, 1857
graphite, brush and white gouache on grayish paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-232

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a valley with a winding stream cutting into a plateau with mountains in the background.

Drawing, Valley with a Winding Stream Cutting through a Mountain Plateau near...
graphite, brush and trace of white gouache on green-gray papr.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-239

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view across ridges in the foreground and middleground with volcano, visible in the central background, giving off clouds of smoke in already cloudy sky. Framing lines surround the image.

Drawing, Distant View of Sangay Volcano Erupting, Ecuador, 1857–62
graphite on white paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-401-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of hills and mountain ranges across a valley

Drawing, View of Hills and Mountain Ranges across a Valley near San Miguel de...
graphite on cream-colored paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-706-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of high mountains in the distance across foothills. A hill is shown in the foreground with a road and a woman walking. Cactus plants are visible at left.

Drawing, Landscape Near Guaranda, Ecuador, June 4, 1857
graphite, brush and white gouache on greenish paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-719-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Shawl patterned in an ikat design of a bird motif arranged in rows offset in alternating rows. The undyed warps at each end are knotted to produce an open fabric with a pattern of flowering plants in a pot with a bird perched on top, single birds and flowers – about 17 inches. Ivory cotton fringe about 5 inches long attached to the knotted sections at each end.

Shawl (Ecuador), 20th century
cotton (?).
Gift of Clara Waldeck.
1969-170-22

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal oblique distant view of a valley stretching toward right, with a house visible in the central foreground and two people walking at the right. Lateral, high bottom margins.

Drawing, Valley among Mountains, Guanoco, near Guaranda, Ecuador., June 11,...
graphite on cream-colored paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-102

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view across ridges and summits with the cone of Cotopaxi dominating.

Drawing, Cotopaxi from near Ambato, Ecuador, 1853
graphite, brush and white gouache on buff paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-120

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of the snow-covered peak of Mount Chimborazo, seen from same point as in 1917-4-1337.

Drawing, Snow-covered Peak of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador, July 1857
graphite, brush and white gouache on heavy greenish paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-1338

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of half of a thatched house and a group of high plants, with a seated Indian woman and a grazing donkey in front of the house.

Drawing, Seated Woman and Grazing Donkey Before a House near Jorje, Ecuador,...
graphite, brush and white gouache on brownish gray paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-188

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of valley with a stream receding toward left background.

Drawing, Valley Near Guaranda, June 3, 1857
graphite, brush and white gouache on buff paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-197

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view with mountain ridges at right, ranges in the right distance, and probably Mt. Chimborazo framed by clouds in the background

Drawing, Mountains Near Mocho, Ecuador, Probably Showing Mt. Chimoborazo...
graphite, brush and oxidized white gouache on brown paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-238

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a valley, with a deeply cut stream bed stretching toward a mountainous background, containing a house in the left middleground and a village or town in the right rear middleground.

Drawing, Drawing. Sketches. Landscape, "Near Tacunga", Ecuador, June 17, 1857
graphite on brown paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-240

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.