1936.10.38: Lions' Skulls, for "Art Anatomy"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.10.38

People

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

Title

Lions' Skulls, for "Art Anatomy"

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Two Drawings of a Lion's Skull
Series/Book Title: Art Anatomy

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1872

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306628

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and black ink on brown card

Dimensions

31.5 x 27 cm (12 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in image, graphite: No. 4; No. 5 [parts of skulls are numbered as well]
• inscription: u.l., graphite and black ink: Lion
• inscription: u.r., graphite: Dr. W. Rimmer No. 90 Chestnut St Chelsea Mass
• inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: [3 lines, illegible except for "First & 2nd--"]
• inscription: verso, graphite, signed: [arrow pointing to 3 illegible lines:] father's writing / (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

1936.10.38

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. 203, pp. 1007-1008, illus. 276

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