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[I won't listen in silence to the profanity of that old heathen]
Summary
Title from handwritten notation on mat.
(DLC/PP-1933:0034).
Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Published in: "The Rubaiyat and the Liner" by Elia W. Peattie, Harper's bazaar, 33:1363 (Sept. 29, 1900).
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Date
01/01/1900
Contributors
Keller, Arthur Ignatius, 1866-1924, artist
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Publication may be restricted. For information see "Cabinet of American Illustration," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/111_cai.html
