Street with Houses, Guayaquil, Ecuador by Frederic Edwin Church, 1857 Size:12x18in (30x45cm) and irresistibly serene

and irresistibly serene

featuring the magnificent Wilton House and its beautiful gardens

wartime grace

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Street with Houses, Guayaquil, Ecuador by Frederic Edwin Church, 1857 Size:12x18in (30x45cm) and irresistibly sereneStreet 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