Views of Puresé Volcano, Colombia and Mt. Sincholagua, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin ChurchAugust 9 and September 1853

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

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.

Details

Title: Views of Puresé Volcano, Colombia and Mt. Sincholagua, Ecuador
Creator: Frederic Edwin Church
Creator Lifespan: 1826/1900
Date Created: August 9 and September 1853
Type: Drawing
Rights: Gift of Louis P. Church
Medium: Graphite, brush and white gouache on greenish-gray paper
Inscribed: Inscribed in graphite, at top: The upper part of the volcano was / concealed by the smoke which was drawn down before the summit and created a / pleasing effect, the vaprous modulatins / etc. of the / top turn into the first part of the book.; and at bottom right to left of the peak: Sinchuglagua [followed by the date].
Exhibitions: Arcata, CA - Humboldt State University Art Department, 75th Anniversary Exhibition, "Baron Alexander von Humboldt", January 26, 1989 - February 25, 1989.
Dimensions: Sheet: 12.4 x 19.9 cm (4 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Bibliography: Manthorne, Katherine. Creation & Renewal: Views of Cotopaxi by Frederic Edwin. Church (Washington, DC: SI Press/SAAM [NMAA] , 1985), 81 (illus.), no. 24.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), 97.

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