Detail View: The AMICA Library: (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Invitation
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AMICA ID:
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SAAM.1978.108.9
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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 Invitation
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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: 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (34.8 x 26.9 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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1978.108.9
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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 left: 7/Come, fill the Cup and in the fire ofSpring/Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling:/The Bird of Time has but a little way/Toflutter--and the Bird is on the Wing./8/Whether at Naishápúr or Babylon,/Whether the Cupwith sweet or bitter run,/The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,/The Leaves of Lifekeep falling one by one./9/Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say;/Yes, but whereleaves the Rose of Yesterday?/And this first Summer month that brings the Rose/Shall takeJamshyd and Kaikobád away./10/Well, let it take them! what have we to do/With Kaikobád theGreat, or Kaikhosrú?/Let Zál and Rustum thunder as they will,/Or Hátim call to Supper--heed not you.mount lower right in pencil: Ca (crossed out) No 6-- Caldo
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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.1978.108.9.tif
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