1936.10.6: Cherub on the Back of a Swan
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1936.10.6
- People
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William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
- Title
- Cherub on the Back of a Swan
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1870 - c. 1876
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/306795
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- actual: 15.3 x 20 cm (6 x 7 7/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: graphite, l.r.: WR
- inscription: verso, graphite: No. 73 [same inscription has been written and then erased at l.r.c. of recto]
- inscription: verso, graphite: No. 73
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
- 1936.10.6
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 186, p. 986; illus. 259
Exhibition History
- 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
Verification Level
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