Illustration for Quadrain XCVIII from "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam As Translated Into English Verse" by Edward Fitzgerald
Artist
Adelaide Hanscom
(born Empire City, Oregon, 1876; died Pasadena, California, 1931)
Datecirca 1905
MediumPhotogravure on tissue
DimensionsImage Overall: 6 1/8 × 4 1/4 in. (15.6 × 10.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Amanda Snyder Fund
Object number2015.5.1
DescriptionA woman in a loose flowing robe and jeweled headband sits contemplating a scroll(?) stretched across the arms of her chair. A young boy or gilr stands behind her to her right looking over her shoulder. There is an arch form behind them on the wall or backdrop.On View
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Adelaide Hanscom
circa 1905
Adelaide Hanscom
circa 1905
Adelaide Hanscom
circa 1905
Adelaide Hanscom
circa 1905