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

AMICA ID: 
SAAM.1978.108.34
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 Vine
Title Type: 
Title
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1883-1884
Creation Start Date: 
1883
Creation End Date: 
1884
Materials and Techniques: 
chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 
sheet: 18 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. (47.3 x 37.1 cm.)
AMICA Contributor: 
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location: 
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number: 
1978.108.34
Credit Line: 
Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis TracyHenderson
Inscriptions: 
lower right in chalk: V.center right in pencil: 65/Why be this Juice the growth ofGod, who dare/Blaspheme the twisted tendril as a Snare?/A Blessing, we should use it,should we not?/And if a Curse--why, then, Who set it there?/66/I must abjure the Balm ofLife, I must,/Scared by some After-reckoning ta'en on trust,/Or lured with Hope of someDiviner Drink,/To fill the Cup--when crumbled into Dust!mount upper right in pencil: No8. Caldo
Copyright: 
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
SAAM.1978.108.34.tif