Pardon Giving and Pardon Imploring Hands, Illustration for Rubaiyat

A pale pair of hands, one reaching up and one pressed beside it, emerges from a dark opening amid swirling white lines that spiral outward. The drawing is made in chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on a tan sheet framed by a thin black border.

Artist

Elihu Vedder

Date

1883-1884

Medium

chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2271 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum