AMICA ID:
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SAAM.1978.108.40
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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 Last Man
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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: 18 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (47.6 x 36.3 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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1978.108.40
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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 left in chalk: V.upper center in pencil: 77/With Earth's first Clay They didthe Last Man knead,/And there of the Last Harvest sow'd the Seed:/And the first Morning ofCreation wrote/What the Last Dawn of Reckoning shall read.upper right in pencil: cal-mount upper left in pencil: Caldomount upper center in pencil: No 2
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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.1978.108.40.tif
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