Street with Houses, Guayaquil, Ecuador by Frederic Edwin Church, 1857 Size:12x18in (30x45cm) Designers of this period often

Designers of this period often trained in lithography and advertising studios

informative captions throughout the map

not according to their actual geographic positions

These maps capture the essence of the town before it became the bustling seaside resort known today

Street with Houses, Guayaquil, Ecuador by Frederic Edwin Church, 1857 Size:12x18in (30x45cm) Designers of this period oftenStreet with Houses, Guayaquil, Ecuador (1857) by Frederic Edwin Church captures a rare urban moment from a painter best known for grand, luminous landscapes. Painted during Churchs South American travels, the scene turns away from sweeping panoramas to study a sunstruck street in coastal Ecuador. Warm equatorial light glows across plastered facades and low rooflines, inviting the eye to linger on the textures of everyday life and the character of