Harvard Art Museums > 1936.10.47: Doing the Mountains on Foot 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"Doing the Mountains on Foot (William Rimmer) , 1936.10.47,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 29, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/306726. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1936.10.47 People William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA) Title Doing the Mountains on Foot Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1875 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/306726 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions actual: 32.3 x 40.3 cm (12 11/16 x 15 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.r.: W.R. inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Caricature / In memory of sights / at Franconia / 1875 inscription: lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: Doing the mountains on foot-- August inscription: l.r., graphite: No. 1 inscription: verso, graphite: Summer sketch / of common scene at mountains / Franconia N. H. (C.H.R.) exhibition label: removed from mat, now in curatorial file, paper, printed, typed, and handwritten: [red pencil:] SE 1826 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 1936.10.47 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 Truman Howe Bartlett, The Art Life of William Rimmer, James R. Osgood & Co. (Boston, MA, 1882), p. 129 Lincoln Kirstein, William Rimmer: 1816-1879, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY, 1946), cat. no. 81 David Tatham, [Untitled article], Appalachia (December 15, 1968), vol. XXXIV, no. 12, pp. 348-349, repr. Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 223, pp. 1022-1024 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, no. 67, p. 103 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 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
