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Elihu Vedder, (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Theology, 1883-1884, chalk, pencil and ink on paper, sheet: 17 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄2 in. (44.5 x 34.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson, 1978.108.15
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Artwork Details
- Title
- (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Theology
- Artist
- Date
- 1883-1884
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet: 17 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄2 in. (44.5 x 34.2 cm)
- Markings
- lower left in chalk: V. center left in pencil: 25/Alike for those who for To-day prepare/And those after some Tomorrow stare,/A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries,/"Fools your Reward is neither here nor There."/Way, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd/Of the Two Worlds so learnedly are thrust/Like foolish Prohets forth, their Words to Scorn/Are scatter'd, and their Mouths are stopt with Dust./ Myself when young did eagerly frequent,/Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument/About and it and about: but evermore/Came out by the same door wherein I went./With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow,/And with my own hand wrought to make it grow,/And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd-/"I came like Water and like Wind I go."
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson
- Mediums Description
- chalk, pencil and ink on paper
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Still life
- Figure — fragment — skull
- Allegory — life
- Allegory — quality — vanity
- Literature — Khayyam, Omar — Rubaiyat
- Object — written matter — book
- Object Number
- 1978.108.15