Illustration for 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: 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (14 × 9.5 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Amanda Snyder Fund
Object number2015.5.2
DescriptionA young man kneels facing to the left of the image contemplating a small pottery jug he holds on his knee. He is wearing only a loincloth and is barefoot. Behind him on the wall is a narrow shelf holding other pottery pieces.On View
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Adelaide Hanscom
circa 1905
Adelaide Hanscom
circa 1905
Adelaide Hanscom
circa 1905
