COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
SAAM.1978.108.23
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SAAM.1978.108.23
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
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Drawings and Watercolors
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Vedder, Elihu
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Vedder, Elihu
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
Artist
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Artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1836 USA-1923 Italy
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1836 USA-1923 Italy
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Elihu Vedder
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Elihu Vedder
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Heavenly Potter
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(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Heavenly Potter
Title
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Title Type:
Title
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Title
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1883-1884
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1883-1884
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1883
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1883
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1884
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1884
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
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chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
Materials and Techniques
false
Dimensions:
sheet: 13 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (33.6 x 26.3 cm.)
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sheet: 13 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (33.6 x 26.3 cm.)
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
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Washington, DC, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1978.108.23
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1978.108.23
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis TracyHenderson
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Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis TracyHenderson
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
lower left in chalk: Vupper left in pencil:43/For I remember stopping by the way/Towatch a Potter thumping his wet Clay,/And with its all-obliterated Tongue/It murmur'd-"Gently, Brother, gently,/pray."/ 44/Listen-a moment listen!-Of the same/Poor Earth fromwhich that Human Whisper came/The luckless Mould in which Mankind was cast/They didcompose, and call'd him by the name.45/And not a drop that from our Cups we throw/ForEarth to drink of, but may steal below/To quench the fire of Anguish in some Eye/Therehidden--far beneath, and long ago.mount upper right in pencil: No 9 Freddo
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lower left in chalk: Vupper left in pencil:43/For I remember stopping by the way/Towatch a Potter thumping his wet Clay,/And with its all-obliterated Tongue/It murmur'd-"Gently, Brother, gently,/pray."/ 44/Listen-a moment listen!-Of the same/Poor Earth fromwhich that Human Whisper came/The luckless Mould in which Mankind was cast/They didcompose, and call'd him by the name.45/And not a drop that from our Cups we throw/ForEarth to drink of, but may steal below/To quench the fire of Anguish in some Eye/Therehidden--far beneath, and long ago.mount upper right in pencil: No 9 Freddo
Inscriptions
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Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Copyright
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Rights:
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<a href="http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/nmaainfo/rights.html"target="_new">http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/nmaainfo/rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1978.108.23.tif
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SAAM.1978.108.23.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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