Detail View: The AMICA Library: (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Spring
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AMICA ID:
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SAAM.1978.108.50
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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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) Spring
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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 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (44.8 x 34.1 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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1978.108.50
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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: 93/Indeed the Idols I have loved solong/Have done my credit in Men's eye much wrong:/Have drown'd my Glory in a shallow Cup,/And sold my Reputation for a Song./94/Indeed, indeed, Repentance oft before/I swore--butwas I sober when I swore?/And then and then came Spring, and Rose-in-hand/My thread-barePenitence apieces tore./95/And much as Wine has play'd the Infidel,/And robb'd me of myRobe of Honour--Well,/I wonder often what the Vintners buy/One half so precious as thestuff they sell.mount upper center in pencil: Sopra No 3-mount upper right in pencil:Cartu No 6-
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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.1978.108.50.tif
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