Detail View: The AMICA Library: (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Suicide
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AMICA ID:
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SAAM.1978.108.26
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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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) The Suicide
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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: 17 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (45.1 x 33.9 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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1978.108.26
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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 pencil: V.center in pencil: 50/Why, if the Soul can fling the Dustaside,/And naked on the Air of Heaven ride,/Wer't not a Shame-wer't not a Shame for him/Inthis clay carcase crippled to abide?/51/'Tis but a Tent where takes his one-day's rest/ASultan to the realm of Death addrest;/The Sultan rises, and the dark Ferrásh/Strikes, andprepares it for another Guest.mount upper right in pencil: Caldo No 3-
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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.1978.108.26.tif
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