Harvard Art Museums > 1921.27: Philip Preparing the Funeral of Pompey the Great Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Philip Preparing the Funeral of Pompey the Great (William Rimmer) , 1921.27,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 03, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/306076. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1921.27 People William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA) Title Philip Preparing the Funeral of Pompey the Great Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1867 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/306076 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink over graphite on a printed portrait mount Dimensions 32.9 x 45.3 cm (12 15/16 x 17 13/16 in.) image: 23.4 x 30 cm (9 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.r.: W. Rimmer 1867 inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Philip preparing the funeral of Pompey the Great-- see Plutarch Provenance Recorded Ownership History From the artist to his daughter Caroline Hunt Rimmer at his death, 1879; to her niece, Edith Rimmer Durham Simonds Lexington, MA, 1918; her gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1921. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Simonds Accession Year 1921 Object Number 1921.27 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This was drawn on a sheet with a lithographed border in the shape of an oval. Cloth tape at left edge of sheet; portrait mounts (see 1921.26, 1936.10.5) may have originally been bound in an album. Publication History Lincoln Kirstein, William Rimmer: 1816-1879, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY, 1946), no. 75 Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr., The American Line: 100 Years of Drawing, exh. cat., Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, MA, 1959), repr., no. 48 Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 77, ill. Martha J. Hoppin, ed., Late Nineteenth Century American Drawings and Watercolors, exh. cat., University Gallery, University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA, 1977), no. 29, pp. 45-47 Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 104, pp. 861-864 Jeffrey Weidman, William Rimmer: A Yankee Michelangelo, exh. cat., Brockton Art Museum-Fuller Memorial/University Press of New England (Brockton, MA and Hanover, NH, 1985), repr. in b/w, no. 53, p. 93 Exhibition History Exhibition of Sculptures, Oil Paintings and Drawings by Dr. William Rimmer, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 05/01/1880 - 11/15/1880 Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture by the Late Dr. William Rimmer on Exhibition and Private Sale, J. Eastman Chase's Gallery, Boston, 02/01/1883 - 02/28/1883 William Rimmer: 1816-1879, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 11/05/1946 - 11/27/1946; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 01/07/1947 - 02/02/1947 The American Line: 100 Years of Drawing, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 01/01/1959 - 02/15/1959; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 03/01/1959 - 03/21/1959; Newcomb College, New Orleans, 04/02/1959 - 04/22/1959; Speed Art Museum, Louisville, 05/04/1959 - 05/24/1959; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, 06/10/1959 - 06/30/1959; Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, 08/01/1959 - 08/21/1959; Kansas State Teachers' College, Emporia, 09/03/1959 - 09/23/1959; Frye Museum, Seattle, 10/05/1959 - 10/25/1959; Tucson Art Center, Tucson, 11/08/1959 - 11/29/1959; Madison Art Association, Madison, 12/08/1959 - 12/31/1959; Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, 01/17/1960 - 02/21/1960; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, 03/05/1960 - 03/25/1960; Root Art Center, Hamilton, 04/10/1960 - 06/05/1960 American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972 American Drawings and Watercolors, 1850-1910, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 05/14/1977 - 06/05/1977 William Rimmer: A Yankee Michelangelo, Brockton Art Center-Fuller Memorial, Brockton, 10/06/1985 - 01/12/1986; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 02/22/1986 - 04/20/1986; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, 06/01/1986 - 07/26/1986 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
