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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.10.62
People
William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
Title
Figure of Agriculture or Commerce
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Sketch after a fresco of Hunt at Albany: Agriculture
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1878
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306674

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 29 x 44.2 cm (11 7/16 x 17 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r., black ink: A drawing begun by Father from subject Agriculture or / Commerce, one of Mr. Hunt's frescoes at Albany also t help Mr. Hunt by Father at Mr. Hunt's request C.H.R.
  • watermark: Lalanne

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
1936.10.62
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. 316, pp. 1130-1131, illus. 389
  • Sara Webster, "The Albany Murals of William Morris Hunt" (Thesis, City University of New York, 1985), Unpublished
  • Sally Webster, William Morris Hunt 1824 - 1879, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, England, 1991), p. 219, note 10

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