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Elihu Vedder

From the Rubáiyát, c. 1887

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Medium

graphite, black and white chalk on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 19.1 × 38.1 cm (7 1/2 × 15 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Borghi, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.105.26

Artists / Makers

Elihu Vedder (artist) American, 1836 - 1923

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: ill. Rubaiyat / "il suicida"

Bibliography

1988: Borghi & Co., Visions of Italy, 1988, 62.

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