(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Youth and Age

Media - 1978.108.51 - SAAM-1978.108.51_2 - 134400
Copied Elihu Vedder, (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Youth and Age, 1883-1884, chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper, sheet: 17 5⁄8 x 13 1⁄4 in. (44.9 x 33.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson, 1978.108.51
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Artwork Details

Title
(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Youth and Age
Artist
Date
1883-1884
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 17 5⁄8 x 13 1⁄4 in. (44.9 x 33.6 cm)
Markings
lower right in chalk: V. center left in pencil: 96/Yet Ah, that Spring should vanish with the Rose!/That Youth's sweet-scented manuscript should close!/The Nightingale that in the branches sang,/Ah whence, and whither flown again, who knows!
Credit Line
Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson
Mediums
Mediums Description
chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
Classifications
Keywords
  • Group
  • Figure group — female
  • Dress — historic — classical dress
  • Animal — goat
  • Allegory — life
  • Literature — Khayyam, Omar — Rubaiyat
  • Object — other — dish
Object Number
1978.108.51
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1978.108.51