Primate Heads, for "Art Anatomy" | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.10.34
People: William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
Title: Primate Heads, for "Art Anatomy"
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Art Anatomy
Alternate Title: Preparatory Sketch for "Art Anatomy"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1872
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306667

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite, brown ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

29.2 x 29 cm (11 1/2 x 11 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: upper edge, graphite: W. Rimmer 90 Chestnut St. Chelsea
inscription: in image, graphite: No. 25-- ourang; No. 28-- chimpanzee
inscription: lower center, graphite: Drawn in anticipation of / "Art Anatomy" by W. Rimmer / (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: 1936.10.34
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. 211, pp. 1012-1013, illus. 284

Verification Level

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