Cotopaxi by Frederic Edwin Church, 1862 Finish:Art print Stanford's work captures the sprawling

Stanford's work captures the sprawling expanse of London at a pivotal moment in its history

Later some of its land would be carved off into New Mexico

The design of the map itself is a work of art

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Cotopaxi by Frederic Edwin Church, 1862 Finish:Art print Stanford's work captures the sprawlingCotopaxi (1862) by Frederic Edwin Church is a tour de force of Romantic landscape painting by a leading light of the Hudson River School. Painted at the height of 19thcentury fascination with science, travel, and the sublime, Church transforms Ecuadors active volcano into a vision both beautiful and unsettlingan immense stage where glowing sky, drifting ash, and sweeping valleys suggest natures grandeur and volatility. The result is a work that