Drawing, Cotapaxi Volcano Erupting Behind Mountain Ranges, Ecuador

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1857 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on buff 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

30.9 x 54.9 cm (12 3/16 x 21 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in ink, at lower left: Lugt 457c Verso: Stamped in ink, at lower left: Lugt 457d

It is inscribed

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, with numbers at various locations; again, at lower left: x smoke from valley / 2- Brilliant Orange like fire / 3- Warm luminous laky orange / 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- Delicate warm purple -- illuminated by the sun; and at lower center: The whole effect splendidly concentrated at 2 and 3. Verso: Inscribed in graphite, at lower left: 101- B

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