AMICA ID:
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SAAM.1978.108.52
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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) The Sorry Scheme
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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 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (46.8 x 35.9 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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1978.108.52
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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 chalk: V.center right in pencil: 97/Would but the Desert of theFountain yield/One glimpse--if dimly, yet indeed, reveal'd,/To which the faintingTraveller might spring,/As springs the trampled herbage of the field!/98/Would but somewingéd Angel ere too late/Arrest the yet unfolded Roll of Fate,/And make the sternRecorder otherwise/Enregister, or quite obliterate!/99/Ah Love! could you and I with Himconspire/To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire,/Would not we shatter it to bits--andthen/Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!mount upper right in pencil: Caldomountupper center in pencil: C
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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.1978.108.52.tif
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