Detail View: The AMICA Library: (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Courts of Jamshyd
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AMICA ID:
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SAAM.1978.108.12
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
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Vedder, Elihu
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1836 USA-1923 Italy
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Elihu Vedder
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Title:
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(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Courts of Jamshyd
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Title Type:
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Title
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1883-1884
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Creation Start Date:
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1883
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Creation End Date:
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1884
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Materials and Techniques:
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chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
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Dimensions:
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sheet: 14 x 10 5/8 in. (35.5 x 27.1 cm.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Owner Location:
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Washington, DC, USA
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ID Number:
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1978.108.12
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Credit Line:
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Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis TracyHenderson
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Inscriptions:
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lower right in chalk and pencil: Vcenter in pencil: 17/Think, in this batter'dCaravanserai/Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day./How Sultán after Sultán with hisPomp/Abode his destin'd Hour and went his way./18/They say the Lion and the Lizardkeep/The courts where Jamsfryd gloried and drank/And Bahrám, that great Hunter_The WildAss/Stamps o'er his Head, but cannot break his Sleep.mount upper left in pencil: C aldomount upper right in pencil Sopru HOB
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Copyright:
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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SAAM.1978.108.12.tif
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