Four studies of mount chimborazo: top peak, rising in background over clouds and rest of mountain range; lower foreground, snow-covered peak surrounded by clouds and sky; bottom right, two adjacent studies framed by graphite lines. Bottom study, ochre colored foreground with mountainous landscape and green fields. Date: 1857. Dimensions: Sheet: 29.8 x 44.6 cm (11 3/4 x 17 9/16 in.); Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.); ; Frame H x W x D: 44.8 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm (17 5/8 x 23 3/4 x 1 in.). Medium: brush and oil, graphite, oil paint, paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Studies of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador, 1857 (CH 18202091)
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