(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Present Listening to the Voices of the Past

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

Artist
Elihu Vedder, born New York City 1836-died Rome, Italy 1923
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson
1883-1884
Object number
1978.108.35
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Drawing
Medium
chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
sheet: 18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (46.5 x 36.3 cm)
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Department
Graphic Arts
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Landscape
Allegory\time\past
Figure male\child\full length
Literature\Khayyam, Omar\Rubaiyat
Object\other\shell
Object\foliage\leaf
Allegory\time\present
Record ID
saam_1978.108.35
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d92e2b1b-ba88-4835-8724-ed3e8dad3e2c
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