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Cayambé, Morning, from the Temple of the Sun, Quito
Frederic Edwin ChurchJune 24, 1857
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
The peak rises in the center back. A bank of clouds hangs beneath the ranges. Ridges bordering a valley which is marked "3" are shown in the foreground. At bottom left the upper parts of a steeple and of a church with a dome.
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- Title: Cayambé, Morning, from the Temple of the Sun, Quito
- Creator: Frederic Edwin Church
- Creator Lifespan: 1826/1900
- Date Created: June 24, 1857
- Type: drawing
- Rights: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Medium: Graphite, brush and white gouache on tan wove paper
- Provenance: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Paper Support: Tan wove paper
- Inscribed: Caption under peaks: "3 Valle de Chillo beautiful bluish haze Cayambe from Hill of the/ Temple de Sol/ June 24th 57" Caption by church: " The glazed tiled domes of the/ churches glitter as if wet, shadow/ being very dark (green)Below at right: "The horizon to the east was a line of/ snow, principally, lying on the summits/ of the lesser mountains and paramos"Upper right corner: "No. 2/ morning"
- Exhibitions: Arcata, CA, Humboldt State University, Art Dept, "75th Anniversary Exhibition, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Jan.26- Feb.25, 1989New York, NY - Museo del Barrio, "Nueva York," September 17, 2010 - February 15, 2011.
- Dimensions: 17.5 x 26.8 cm (6 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.)Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 x 1 in.)
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