(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Cup of Death

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson

• Dress – historic – classical dress
• Figure group
• Literature – Khayyam, Omar – Rubaiyat
• Figure female – full length
• Object – other – dish
• State of being – other – sleep
• Allegory – death
• Religion – angel