(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Throne of Saturn

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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

Date

1883-1884

Object number

1978.108.21

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Drawing

Medium

chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper

Dimensions

sheet: 17 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. (45.4 x 34.1 cm)

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Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Fantasy\winged being

Literature\Khayyam, Omar\Rubaiyat

Landscape\celestial\planet

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk72fef7804-a8bf-4fca-8efc-f05697588183

Record ID

saam_1978.108.21