Artworks · Elihu Vedder

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Mighty Mahmud

1883 · chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper

sheet: 17 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (44.9 x 33.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Sorry Scheme

1883 · chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper

sheet: 18 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (46.8 x 35.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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

1883 · chalk and pencil on paper

sheet: 17 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (45.0 x 33.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Soul of the Cup

1883 · chalk, pencil and ink on paper

sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (32.0 x 24.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Omar's Tomb

1883 · chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper

sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (34.8 x 26.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Sun God

1882 · cast iron

part A: 30 3/4 x 14 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. (78.1 x 37.2 x 2.9 cm) part B: 31 1/8 x 23 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (79.1 x 59.6 x 2.7 cm) part C: 30 3/4 x 14 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. (78.1 x 37 x 3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Shipwreck

1880 · charcoal, watercolor, and gouache on blue laid paper

sheet: 32.2 × 24.8 cm (12 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars"

1879 · black and white chalk on wove paper

sheet (irregular): 48.26 × 30.8 cm (19 × 12 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars"

1879 · charcoal and graphite with white chalk on wove paper

sheet: 36.2 × 22.86 cm (14 1/4 × 9 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mt. Colognola - Sheep Grazing on Lake Trasimeno

1878 · gouache and charcoal on light brown paper

overall: 24.1 x 27.9 cm (9 1/2 x 11 in.) sheet: 9.2 × 12.8 cm (3 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Vitré

1877 · gouache, crayon, and watercolor on gray wove paper

sheet: 31.8 × 16 cm (12 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Storm in Umbria

1875 · oil paint

33 × 114.3 cm (13 × 45 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Perugia

1873 · Graphite on translucent off-white wove paper

7 5/8 x 5 in. (19.4 x 12.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three Trees: Italy

1871 · oil on card on canvas

Unframed: 22 x 12.7 cm (8 11/16 x 5 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Female Nude with Necklace

1870 · graphite and chalk on purple laid paper

sheet: 29.53 × 11.43 cm (11 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Music Party

1870 · oil on panel

Unframed: 9.2 x 17.9 cm (3 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing" [verso]

1867 · crayon on wove paper

sheet: 27.31 × 12.54 cm (10 3/4 × 4 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 9.53 × 12.86 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · graphite with white chalk on purple wove paper

sheet (irregular): 34.61 × 37.47 cm (13 5/8 × 14 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · graphite with crayon on purple laid paper

sheet: 27.31 × 19.05 cm (10 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · crayon on purple laid paper

sheet: 26.67 × 17.94 cm (10 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · graphite with crayon on purple laid paper

sheet: 20.96 × 27.62 cm (8 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing" [recto]

1867 · crayon and graphite on wove paper

sheet: 27.31 × 12.54 cm (10 3/4 × 4 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 24.77 × 10.16 cm (9 3/4 × 4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 15.88 × 14.92 cm (6 1/4 × 5 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 11.11 × 20.48 cm (4 3/8 × 8 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 20.96 × 19.69 cm (8 1/4 × 7 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 14.92 × 21.75 cm (5 7/8 × 8 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 8.1 × 11.75 cm (3 3/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 19.69 × 13.65 cm (7 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 26.51 × 15.88 cm (10 7/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 23.65 × 17.46 cm (9 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 25.72 × 16.35 cm (10 1/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 26.04 × 16.83 cm (10 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "Greek Girls Bathing"

1867 · oil on prepared wove paper

sheet (irregular): 16.67 × 26.67 cm (6 9/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Monks on the Appian Way

1865 · oil paint

3 1/4 x 5 in. (8.3 x 12.7 cm) irregular

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Lost Mind

1864 · oil paint

39 1/8 x 23 1/4 in. (99.4 x 59.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Old Man by a River

1863 · gouache and watercolor on light brown paper

sheet: 15.4 × 10.7 cm (6 1/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Son and the Donkey

1863 · graphite on wove paper laid down

support: 22.9 × 13.2 cm (9 × 5 3/16 in.) sheet: 10.9 × 7.1 cm (4 5/16 × 2 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Volterra

1860 · oil on canvas mounted on canvas

12 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (31.1 x 64.9 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Son and the Donkey

1859 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 8.4 × 14.9 cm (3 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Son and Donkey

1859 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 9.8 × 15.2 cm (3 7/8 × 6 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Village Scene

1859 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 8.4 × 14.6 cm (3 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Father, Son, and Donkey

1859 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 8.4 × 5.1 cm (3 5/16 × 2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Parable of the Miller and the Donkey

1859 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 8.4 × 14.8 cm (3 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Father and Son

1859 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 10.8 × 17.9 cm (4 1/4 × 7 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Father and Son

1859 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 8.5 × 11.6 cm (3 3/8 × 4 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Son and Donkey

1859 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 8.4 × 7.8 cm (3 5/16 × 3 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art