Harvard Art Museums > 1921.26: Morning 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"Morning (William Rimmer) , 1921.26,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/306250. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1921.26 People William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA) Title Morning Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1869 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/306250 Physical Descriptions Medium Red crayon over graphite on a printed portrait mount Dimensions 45.8 x 32.7 cm (18 1/16 x 12 7/8 in.) image: 29.8 x 23.5 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: red crayon, lower center: W. Rimmer / 1869 inscription: lower center, in border, red chalk, in artist's hand: Morning 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 1921.26 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 1921.27, 1936.10.5, 1936.10.65) may have originally been bound in an album. Publication History Truman Howe Bartlett, The Art Life of William Rimmer, James R. Osgood & Co. (Boston, MA, 1882), repr. pl. XXIV, opposite p. 94, as "Venus and Cupid" Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 169, pp. 951-953 Exhibition History 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 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
