Human Heads, Skulls, and Canine Jaws, for "Art Anatomy"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.10.42
People: William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
Title: Human Heads, Skulls, and Canine Jaws, for "Art Anatomy"
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Art Anatomy
Alternate Title: Preparatory Sketches for Art Anatomy
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1872
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306629

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and black ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

33 x 41 cm (13 x 16 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in image, graphite: canine; ramus; body; [parts lettered and numbered:] No. 22; No. 23; No. 24; No. 29; No. 30; No. 31; No. 32.
inscription: lower edge, graphite, signed: Drawn in anticipation of Art Anatomy by WR / (C.H.R.)
watermark: J. Whatman 1872

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: 1936.10.42
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 210, pp. 1011-1012, illus. 283

Verification Level

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