A Valley in the Andes, Colombia or Ecuador

A pencil sketch of a winding valley bordered by steep, ridged slopes and jagged rock faces receding toward a distant horizon. Faint lines suggest a river or path along the valley floor, with a few small structures near the lower right. The paper has a grayish-green tone, and the drawing is light and loosely sketched.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

1853 or 1857

Medium

Graphite on gray-green wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2548 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum