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Colombia or Ecuador, church roofs

Frederic Edwin Church1853 or 1857

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

The left dome rises behind a wall. The tambour is octagonal. The sections of the dome show two crosses each. The dome at right is of a wider diameter. The brown grounding color is shown at right and at the bottom.

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  • Title: Colombia or Ecuador, church roofs
  • Creator: Frederic Edwin Church
  • Creator Lifespan: 1826/1900
  • Date Created: 1853 or 1857
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Gift of Louis P. Church
  • Medium: Pencil and oil on academy board
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 14.3 x 28.7 cm (5 5/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
  • Bibliography: Navas Sanz de Santamaria, Pablo. The Journey of Frederic Edwin Church through Colombia and Ecuador, April-October 1853 (Bogata, Colombia: Villegas Editores in association with Universidad de los Andes and Thomas Greg & Sons, 2008), 142.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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