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Elihu Vedder | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | 26 February 1836
Died | 29 January 1923 | (aged 86)
Nationality | American |
Known for | Drawing Oil painting Mural painting |
Movement | Realism; Pre-Raphaelites |
Spouse |
Caroline Rosekrans (m. 1869) |
Children | 4 |
Elihu Vedder (26 February 1836 – 29 January 1923) was an American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet from New York City.[1] He is best known for his fifty-five illustrations for Edward FitzGerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (deluxe edition, published by Houghton Mifflin).