Harvard Art Museums > 1936.10.1: Sketch for "To the Charge!" Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Sketch for "To the Charge!" (William Rimmer) , 1936.10.1,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/231248. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1936.10.1 People William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA) Title Sketch for "To the Charge!" Other Titles Former Title: Battle Former Title: To the Charge (sketch): The Battle Field Former Title: Battle Field Former Title: To the Charge Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1874 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/231248 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on cardboard Dimensions 31 x 46.3 cm (12 3/16 x 18 1/4 in.) framed: 37.8 x 52.7 x 3.8 cm (14 7/8 x 20 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r.: W. Rimmer / sketch / 1874 inscription: verso, at the bottom, pencil, signed, in artist's hand: Battle/W. Rimmer. 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 1936.10.1 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 The only extant oil sketch by Rimmer, this work was painted on cardboard and intended as a prelude for a larger painting entitled "To the Charge/Off to the Charge," which has been lost. Publication History Lincoln Kirstein, William Rimmer: 1816-1879, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY, 1946), n.p., no. 22 Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 78, ill. Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, vol. 1, pp. 669-72, 674; vol. V, p. 1564, no. 78 a-b, ill. 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), pp. 74-75, no. 34, ill. p. 74 Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 420, cat. 382, ill. 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 American Paintings from the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Symphony Hall, Boston, 02/21/1958 - 03/15/1958 American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972 William Rimmer: A Yankee Michelangelo, 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
