1936.10.21: Caricature

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.10.21

People

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

Title

Caricature

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Dedicated to the Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1869 - c. 1876

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306603

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and black ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

12.6 x 15.8 cm (4 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: WR
• inscription: in image, graphite, in artist's hand: Greek verbs; parsnips
• inscription: beneath image, graphite, Latin, in artist's hand: [The Universal Hub [illeg.]]
• inscription: beneath image, black ink and graphite, in artist's hand: [black ink:] Dedicated to the Mas. Soc. for the P of C to A / [graphite, almost illegible:] [Not ignorant of misfortune I have to [illeg.]]
• inscription: verso, graphite, signed: Drawn for fun by / W. Rimmer (C.H.M.)

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

1936.10.21

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. 166, pp. 945-946, illus. 239

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