Harvard Art Museums > 1936.10.5: God the Father Creating the Sun and the Moon 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"God the Father Creating the Sun and the Moon (William Rimmer) , 1936.10.5,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/306771. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1936.10.5 People William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA) Title God the Father Creating the Sun and the Moon Other Titles Former Title: Creation Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1869 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/306771 Physical Descriptions Medium Red crayon over graphite on a printed portrait mount Dimensions 45.4 x 32.7 cm (17 7/8 x 12 7/8 in.) image: 29.8 x 23.5 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.r.: W. Rimmer; graphite, l.c.: W. Rimmer 1869 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 1936.10.5 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, 1921.27) 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), cat. 78 Jane Dillenberger and Joshua C. Taylor, The Hand and the Spirit: Religious Art in America 1700 - 1900, University of California at Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, 1972), p. 27, no. 90, ill. Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, pp. 946-950, no. 167 John Dillenberger, The Visual Arts and Christianity in America: The Colonial Period through the Nineteenth Century, Scholars Press (Chico, CA, 1984), p. 140, pl. 95 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), p. 99, no. 62, ill. 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 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/14/2016 - 03/07/2017 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
