View of the Sabaneta, Ecuador

A faint graphite sketch on a brown-tan sheet shows a loose landscape of low hills, scattered trees, and a few rough shapes clustered toward the center-left. Much of the paper is blank, and a small inscription and a round stamp appear at the lower left.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

July 23, 1857

Medium

Graphite on tan 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