Harvard Art Museums > 1936.10.44: Phillip (Head of a Lion); verso: Head and Figure Sketches 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"Phillip (Head of a Lion); verso: Head and Figure Sketches (William Rimmer) , 1936.10.44,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/306669. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1936.10.44 People William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA) Title Phillip (Head of a Lion); verso: Head and Figure Sketches Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 19th century Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/306669 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on off-white wove ppr; verso: red and black chalk, brown wash, graphite Dimensions 28.1 x 19 cm (11 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.r.: W. Rimmer / To Carrie H. R. Rimmer / December 10 1869 inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: "Phillip" exhibition label: mat, paper, printed, typed, and handwritten: [red pencil:] SE 1826 inscription: verso, graphite: Drawn by Father / for my [ ] Provenance Recorded Ownership History From the artist to his daughter Caroline Hunt Rimmer, at his death, 1879; to her niece Edith Rimmer Durham Simonds, 1918; purchased by the Fogg Art Museum, 1936. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund Accession Year 1936 Object Number 1936.10.44 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. Publication History Lincoln Kirstein, William Rimmer: 1816-1879, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY, 1946), cat. no. 76 Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 177, pp. 961-964 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), reproduced in b/w, ill. 17, p. 94 Dorinda Evans, Gilbert Stuart and the Impact of Manic Depression, Ashgate Publishing (Surrey, England, 2013), pp. xiii, 161, fig. 81 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
