Detail View: The AMICA Library: (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Cup of Despair

AMICA ID: 
SAAM.1978.108.17
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name: 
Vedder, Elihu
Creator Nationality: 
North American; American
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
1836 USA-1923 Italy
Creator Name-CRT: 
Elihu Vedder
Title: 
(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Cup of Despair
Title Type: 
Title
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1883-1884
Creation Start Date: 
1883
Creation End Date: 
1884
Materials and Techniques: 
chalk, pencil, watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions: 
sheet: 13 1/8 x 10 in. (33.3 x 25.5 cm.)
AMICA Contributor: 
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location: 
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number: 
1978.108.17
Credit Line: 
Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis TracyHenderson
Inscriptions: 
center in pencil: 31/Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare;/To-Morrow's Silence,Triumph, or Despair:/Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why:/Drink! for you knownot why you go, nor where.mount upper left in pencil: C aldomount upper right inpencil: Heo 2=
Copyright: 
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
SAAM.1978.108.17.tif