1936.10.32: Primate Skulls, for "Art Anatomy;" verso: Horses' Hind Quarters

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.10.32

People

William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)

Title

Primate Skulls, for "Art Anatomy;" verso: Horses' Hind Quarters

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Art Anatomy
Alternate Title: Preparatory Sketch for "Art Anatomy;" verso: Sketches

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1872

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/264852

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and brown ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

30 x 29.3 cm (11 13/16 x 11 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, verso, lower center: WR
• inscription: in image, graphite, in artist's hand: No. 15-- Chimpanzee; No. 16-- Negro; No. 17-- New Hollander; No. 18-- Plan of front [ ] of New Zealander
• inscription: l.r., graphite, signed: Preparatory sketches for Art Anatomy by W.R. / (C.H.R.)

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

1936.10.32

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. 207, p. 1010, illus. 280; verso: no. 206, p. 1010, illus. 279

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