COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
SAAM.1978.108.46
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SAAM.1978.108.46
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2001
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2001
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
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Drawings and Watercolors
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Vedder, Elihu
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Vedder, Elihu
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
Artist
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Artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1836 USA-1923 Italy
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1836 USA-1923 Italy
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Elihu Vedder
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Elihu Vedder
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Ungainly Pot
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(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Ungainly Pot
Title
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Title Type:
Title
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Title
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1883-1884
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1883-1884
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1883
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1883
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1884
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1884
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
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chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
Materials and Techniques
false
Dimensions:
sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (34.2 x 26.9 cm.)
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sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (34.2 x 26.9 cm.)
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
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Washington, DC, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1978.108.46
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1978.108.46
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis TracyHenderson
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Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis TracyHenderson
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
upper right in pencil: 84/Said one among them--"Surely not in vain/"My substance of thecommon Earth was ta'en/"And to this Figure moulded, to be broke,/"Or trampled back toshapeless Earth again."/85/Then said a Second--"Ne'er a peevish Boy/"Would break the Bowlfrom which he drank in joy;/"And He that with his hand the Vessel made/"Will surely not inafter Wrath destroy."/86/After a momentary silence spake/Some Vessel of a more ungainlyMake;/"They sneer at me for leaning all awry:/"What! did the Hand then of the Pottershake?"mount lower right in pencil: No 2-Freddo
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upper right in pencil: 84/Said one among them--"Surely not in vain/"My substance of thecommon Earth was ta'en/"And to this Figure moulded, to be broke,/"Or trampled back toshapeless Earth again."/85/Then said a Second--"Ne'er a peevish Boy/"Would break the Bowlfrom which he drank in joy;/"And He that with his hand the Vessel made/"Will surely not inafter Wrath destroy."/86/After a momentary silence spake/Some Vessel of a more ungainlyMake;/"They sneer at me for leaning all awry:/"What! did the Hand then of the Pottershake?"mount lower right in pencil: No 2-Freddo
Inscriptions
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Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Copyright
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Rights:
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<a href="http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/nmaainfo/rights.html"target="_new">http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/nmaainfo/rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1978.108.46.tif
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SAAM.1978.108.46.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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